Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On February 24,2011, Schumer presented veteran Gerald Wolters with a long overdue purple heart. A North Chili resident and Korean War veteran. Mr. Wolters was seriously injured and then captured during a fierce engagement with enemy forces on December 1, 1950. After being held as a prisoner of war for about 32 months, Mr. Wolters was finally released and discharged from the Army on October 12, 1953.