Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 11, 2013, U.S. Senator Schumer was at Lewis County General Hospital to announce his major victory in the extension of two Medicare payment programs which has passed as part of the year-end fiscal cliff deal. These programs, which are crucial to Lewis County General Hospital and other rural New York hospitals, as well as their employees and the rural communities they serve, expired on September 30th. Schumer fought hard in 2012, and vowed to hospital and public officials who depend on this vital funding that he would restore and extend this funding as one of his top end-of-year priorities.