Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\n\nOn August 5, 2014, Schumer visited the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in Carmel to urge the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to designate both Putnam and Rockland Counties as federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. The designation will provide Putnam and Rockland County officials with much-needed resources to address the growing heroin problem. Schumer was joined by Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell and Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith, as well as substance abuse advocates including Susan Salomone of Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, who lost her son to a heroin overdose, and Doreen Lockwood of Putnam County Family and Community Services.