Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Following years of non-stop advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has heeded his calls and granted Sullivan County’s request to be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Schumer said that despite having the highest per capita fatal drug overdose rate in New York, until today, Sullivan was the only county in the Hudson Valley that wasn’t included in the New York/New Jersey HIDTA zone. Schumer personally brought the Director of ONDCP, Dr. Rahul Gupta, to Sullivan County to announce the critical designation, which will finally provide access to the federal resources to help local law enforcement combat the opioid crisis in the Hudson Valley and stop dangerous drug traffickers.