Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing with Say Yes college students, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today pointed out a harmful U.S. Department of Education policy that is preventing “Say Yes” – a scholarship-granting organization which helps thousands of Syracuse students afford and go to college – from accessing a critical student financial aid data in a timely fashion. Without streamlined access to data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), “Say Yes” scholarship payments could be delayed, causing students from Syracuse to be charged with steep late fees, or worse delayed enrollment for failing to pay their full tuition. Schumer said thousands of students in Central New York rely on scholarship money from “Says Yes” to cover school expenses and that “Say Yes” calculates the amount of funding a student receives using FAFSA data.