Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 10, 2015 Schumer announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally agreed to provide $9.5 million in federal funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to construct the Braddock Bay Restoration plan favored by the USACE and the local Rochester community. Schumer explained that, in recent years, Braddock Bay’s barrier beach has been largely washed away and left open to Lake Ontario. Without this much-needed barrier, the Bay has lost an estimated 100 acres of wetlands and sand pushed in from the lake has made it too shallow for most boaters. With a more than 90 percent drop in activity since 2005, the local marina has been dealt a significant blow to its revenue stream and Bay-area property values have been threatened.