Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On June 30, 2021 amid a national “Tick Time Bomb” that could come to define the summer of 2021 across the country, and in pockets of Long Island, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said—in part because of federal dollars he has worked to deliver—researchers are closer than ever to delivering a vaccine to fend off Lyme disease—but that more needs to be done as soon as next week. “Next week, I will be submitting an official appropriation request to increase the dollars we invest in the war against ticks across-the-board so that we can jump this public health hurdle—and this push can and should be bipartisan, because the scourge of ticks impacts all walks of life and regions,” Schumer added.