Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
As New York counties scramble to find funding to keep SNAP alive after Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill made the largest program cuts in history, and Congressional Republicans refuse to act, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer stood at Unity House in Troy with local officials and providers to launch his push for a two-year delay in cost shifts. In New York, counties administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and $4.4 million in new annual costs will fall directly on county budgets in the Capital Region, forcing counties to choose between raising local taxes or cutting food assistance for New Yorkers in need. As Congress works on the upcoming Farm Bill, Schumer urged Republicans to work with Democrats to meet the needs of families across the country suffering from skyrocketing costs of living and called on New York House Republicans to stand with New York families and local legislators against these cuts.