Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On September 3, 2009 Schumer stopped by the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority to call on the new federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administration to rectify the failure of the previous regime to enforce federal law preventing sex offenders from living in subsidizing housing. Schumer was joined by Mayor John Tkazyik and the Acting Executive Director of the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority, Nancy Dotterer.