Schumer makes its 26 straight years of going to all 62 counties

Photos by Tom Rivers: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer was in Holley on Nov. 27 to advocate for making telehealth services fully reimbursable by Medicare. He was joined by Renee Hungerford (speaking at podium), executive director of Community Action of Orleans & Genesee, which runs the community enter in Holley; and Dr. Danielle Renodin-Mead, chief medical officer of Oak Orchard Health.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer continued his streak of going to all 62 counties in the state in the past year. Schumer has been to all of the state’s counties annually for the past 26 years.

He was in Orleans County on Nov. 27 when he was in Holley at the Eastern Orleans Community Center. He was there to highlight his effort to have Medicare cover telehealth services, which he said is particularly important in rural areas which there is less access to healthcare and specialists.

Schumer completed the all-county tour on Monday when he was in Greene County to announce the Army Corps will step up to help save the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse.

“Today, you can flip one of my favorite numbers – 62, for every county in New York – and get another very important number for me today: 26,” Schumer said on Monday. “I am proud today that for the 26th year in a row, I completed my annual tour of all 62 counties in New York State.”

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer holds a photo of a finished factory for Edwards Vacuum during a celebration on Aug. 6 in front of the company’s manufacturing facility that has been under construction since April. He visited the site in Genesee County at STAMP in the Town of Alabama.

Schumer was elected to the Senate in 1998. He pledged then to go to every county in the state every year. He said the past year was very impactful, the culmination of decades of work and legislation he championed delivering billions of dollars in federal investment to create good-paying jobs, rebuild infrastructure and lay the foundation for the next generation.

 “I have no plans on slowing down,” he said. “God gave me a lot of energy, and I look forward to continuing this tradition again next year and continuing to fight and deliver for New York. Because no matter what’s happening in Washington, my favorite two titles will always be New York’s senator and a New Yorker, and I’m keeping my foot on the pedal so we can keep driving federal resources home to communities across the state.”