Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\nOn October 16,2012. U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched a campaign to extend a Medicare payment program that is critical to the health of three rural hospitals in the GLOW region - Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming County - and dozens of others across Upstate New York. The Low Volume Hospital Program impacts 24 hospitals across New York State, and provides $1.7 million in essential payments to these three hospitals that are the lifeblood of their rural community, though they do not necessarily serve a high volume of patients