Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On 5/6/21, standing in front of Long Island’s ONLY mobile recovery units and revealing that Long Island’s dogged battle to beat back opioids and addiction is in peril without specific federal help for mental health services, drug abuse and treatment spurred by the pandemic, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer demanded the feds, via Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), immediately coordinate with local providers on access to specific federal funding programs and funds beefed-up by Schumer in recent COVID relief legislation. Schumer detailed the specific funding pots Long Island organizations and providers should both examine and apply for as he made the case for honed federal attention amid the release of troubling new data on overdoses.