Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing at Nimham Mountain Multiple Use Area, flanked by concerned residents, advocates, and Putnam County officials, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today sounded the alarm on a toxic mess in the Town of Kent that has been damaging public health and well-being in the area for over 30 years, and launched a push to clean it up. Since 1987, arsenic has been leaking from an abandoned mine near the intersection of Gipsy Trail Road and Mt. Nimham Court onto residential properties, exposing local residents to contaminated water and soil and even hospitalizing multiple locals over the years.