Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On April 8, 2015, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the Secret Service to step up its efforts to combat the uptick in counterfeit money circulating in Long Island. Fake bills are a serious problem for local shop owners since they have little to no recourse for recouping the money. The amount of counterfeit money has increased by $1 million from FY2013 to FY2014, and numbers from Nassau and Suffolk Counties are showing a troubling increase so far this year. Senator Schumer is urging the Secret Service to step up its efforts and work with local law enforcement to get to the bottom of the proliferation of fake currency and to provide the resources and information local retailers need to identify fake bills from the onset.