Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing with mountains of snow at his back as workers continue to plow and remove snow across Western New York, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer launched a major all hands on deck approach to increase the amount of federal assistance, and the pace of its delivery, for Western New York following the record-breaking November snowstorm. Schumer explained that now, with a federal declaration secured thanks to an effective partnership with Governor Hochul, the feds need to prioritize maximizing and accelerating the aide to help snow-impacted communities recover, “That is why I am also calling for FEMA to waive the current cap on assistance if totals continue to rise and exceed $5 million as expected, and for the SBA to prepare assistance for our small businesses that suffered damage and weathered the storm with more aide to help them rebuild. We can’t leave our Western NY and Upstate communities out in the cold with more snow on the way this winter, it is time for the feds to dig in and boost resources to help our communities dig out of Snowvember 2.0”.