Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 19, 2015, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that after decades of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) involvement and responsibility for the cleanup of radioactive uranium and waste at the former Sylvania Corning Plant in Hicksville, the federal government is still only on phase one of four in the cleanup process. At-risk residents and former employees have waited for years for further information on the risk of the site to the community, and for complete clean-up. Schumer called on the Army Corps to finish and release a long-awaited remedial investigative report, which will allow a feasibility study of remedial actions, and cleanup work to move forward. Currently, that draft report is not expected to be released until next year. Schumer urged the USACE to finalize the remedial investigative report and make the findings public as soon as possible.