Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 11, 2015 Senator Charles E. Schumer announced a push to prevent $154 million in funding cuts to the DEA’s anti-drug trafficking efforts. This funding would go towards fighting the Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa, headed by the recently escaped Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, which is the main provider of heroin and meth on Long Island.