Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\nOn March 26, 2013, Senator Charles E. Schumer launched a two-pronged plan to help ensure that veterans returning home to Monroe County from Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving critical benefits that will allow them to afford a home and live stable, civilian lives. Schumer highlighted data that shows about one in three veterans in the Rochester region have not applied for the property tax benefit for veterans that is available to them and worth hundreds of dollars a year, and a disconnect in communication between the Department of Veterans Affairs that approves Vets for a home loan and localities that administer these benefits is to blame.