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GOP county exec candidate calls for new court to get tough on property owners BY BILL DEMAREST NEW CITY — Rockland County Executive candidate Ed Day, R - New City, has called for a countywide effort targeting what he calls «irresponsible overdevelopment» that would include giving the county government authority to enforce building, fire and safety codes.

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Cook County officials released a draft of a hazard mitigation plan that will give county and municipal governments access to federal funding for projects to prevent damage from natural disaCounty officials released a draft of a hazard mitigation plan that will give county and municipal governments access to federal funding for projects to prevent damage from natural disacounty and municipal governments access to federal funding for projects to prevent damage from natural disasters.

David Fried — who was endorsed last month by Clinton in his bid for Rockland County executive — said he will give to charity $ 10,000 that political fixer, government informant and admitted felon Moses «Mark» Stern contributed to Fried's failed 2006 run for New York State Assembly.

It's a head start that at the very least gave Dinolfo an advantage in fundraising, and her supporters argue a chance to better communicate her vision for Monroe County Government.

«This is what gives politics and government a bad name and I don't blame the county executive for taking a stand on this as he did today,» said Erie County Democratic Committee Chair Jeremy Zecounty executive for taking a stand on this as he did today,» said Erie County Democratic Committee Chair Jeremy ZeCounty Democratic Committee Chair Jeremy Zellner.

Given the amount of resources the government has recently transferred to county governments, it is unlikely to deviate from the 15 per cent figure already agreed with Tullow.

Given the amount of resources currently being devolved to the counties, this would represent approximately one third of central government spending.

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Cuomo is giving a boost to Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney — a dutiful Republican ally who is expected at Wednesday's State of the State speech in Syracuse — as she fights to revive an effort to merge her government with the City of Syracuse.

«I am proud to announce the establishment of the Poverty Committee, which will give a formal mechanism for County government to receive input from community leaders who work every day to help members of our community achieve self - sufficiency.

The minority leader also mentioned that the legislature already holds a handful of full legislative sessions in Riverhead each year, giving East Enders access to their county government.

My experience as Director of Finance for twenty years under Supervisor Rotella and Supervisor Lawless as well as being a Rockland County Legislator for six years, Vice Chairman of the Legislator for four years, Supervisor of the Town of Haverstraw for over 11 years as well as serving on numerous State, County and Town committees has given me a unique understanding of State, County, Town and Village government.

Astorino credited the extraordinary cooperation between the county Veterans Service Agency, local governments, non-profit housing and service providers, and private sector partners including local landlords who agree to give veterans priority in the renting of available units.

When business rates are devolved to the Assembly as part of the new Wales Bill, the Welsh Government should look at the possibility of giving full control over revenue to new city and county regions.

The nation signed an agreement last year to give 25 percent to the state and local governments in exchange for exclusive rights to operate casinos in a 10 - county area.

While the County Executive's Office and the County Legislature have each year given taxpayers a wink and a nod while kicking the can down the road, the white paper claims branches of Rockland government often knowingly produced revenue estimates for taxes that were inaccurate for the past seven years.

Aided and abetted by the new county charter that gave him the power once enjoyed only by majority party chairmen, Hein calls his seven years in office a period during which he's restructured government from being a «who you know» operation to a «what you know» kind of place.

Rockland County has been given a chance to do something great; a golden opportunity to reimagine and reinvigorate our government and the services we provide.

I would not characterize this outlook as negative, given the circumstances that county governments face.

States of the state (or counties or cities) give ample evidence why legislative forms of government don't work.

I call on the FRA and the National Traffic Safety Board to give this government and the people of this county a real explanation.

«The Legislature did its best to give County Executive Bellone a balanced budget and a functioning county government when he took office but we recognize that there are great problems with the existing budget,» said William Lindsay, the Legislature's presiding ofCounty Executive Bellone a balanced budget and a functioning county government when he took office but we recognize that there are great problems with the existing budget,» said William Lindsay, the Legislature's presiding ofcounty government when he took office but we recognize that there are great problems with the existing budget,» said William Lindsay, the Legislature's presiding officer.

Republican Rep. John Faso is not giving up on his push to require the state to takeover the local county government share of Medicaid costs, a provision that became a major sticking point for Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the final weeks before the death of the American Health Care Act.

Cuomo, in his third and fourth stops this week around the state to give his annual State of the State speech, proposed a plan that would put the onus on county executives or county managers to call together all officials from their counties to devise ways to share government services to cut expenses.

Otsego County government managers and leaders gave a small cadre of state lawmakers an earful on how their legislation and directives are impacting New York's rural regions.

We need to take a step back and examine how the County Executive is managing government with the resources he has been given by the taxpayers.

County Exec Mike Hein gave department heads 2 percent raises across the board for 2015, their first in five years of executive government.

«Our party is giving the taxpayers a choice, and a chance to reign in the excessive spending coming from county government.»

Give upstate counties in New York relief from Medicaid payments: Lawmakers added a provision that would ban the federal government from reimbursing New York State for Medicaid funds raised by counties outside New York City.

Citizens of Erie County want more transparency in government and we are giving it to them,» said Legislator Kevin Hardwick.

Val has helped to craft a smaller, smarter county government that runs more efficiently; and her insight and expertise have helped produce balanced budgets that continue to give residents the highest quality of services, while providing relief under New York State's property tax freeze program.

«Andrew Cuomo is in full meltdown realizing his rabid zealotry in imposing unfunded mandates on cash - strapped county governments may soon come to an end giving local property taxpayers desperately needed relief,» said spokesman Chris Pack in a statement.

County government has no control over the cost of these programs or how to run them; we are simply given the bill,» said Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo.

It's unclear how this will be judged, given the layers of government — town or city, county, school district — that exist in New York.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 80» and 90's, Westchester County purposely move people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

Nearly 99 percent of our budget amendments passed unanimously, and the overall amended budget was given unanimous support for the first time in the recent history of Erie County government.

Cuomo wants to give county executives the power to convene government leaders in their area for a summit, with a resulting plan placed before voters in a public referendum.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

Secondly, giving county legislators a raise to a more livable wage is certainly acceptable compared to the enormous salary in comparison of the county executive — who in the person of the current and only one, has managed to promote only himself and in a manner that is entirely beyond his level of service to the people of this county and the day to day operations of county government.

Given the flap over the county executive's move to kidnap two of the county comptroller's auditors, it occurs to me that nobody in county government — other than the comptroller — really wants an independent, powerful, separately elected official looking over their shoulders.

«It's outrageous, quite frankly, that Collins and Faso were buying votes and giving the IOU to the state of New York,» the governor said, adding that if Congress wanted to relieve New York counties of Medicaid costs, they should have had the federal government pick up the tab.

We need a real shake up in local government that gives people a real choice over who represents them in their county and city halls.

That initiative gave money to a citizen group recommending a Syracuse city - Onondaga County governments merger.

And speaking of power sources, given this spike in electricity rates, will Ulster County government reconsider plans to move to an all - electric fleet?

«I do like to try to give serious consideration to existing employees because they know county government,» she said.

(WBEN) The Erie County Legislature's government affairs committee has invited the Erie County Water Authority onto the hot seat for hearings about their operations Thursday, after mounting criticism of the authority for — among other things — an exit deal that would give the authority's executive...

«This is about how the federal government impacts the people of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County; people that I have, in one way or another, spent the past 16 years of my life, doing all that I could, to give them better opportunity,» Miner said.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 1980» and 90's, Westchester County purposely moved people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

The task force also recommends that city, county and state governments seriously consider abandoning whole areas of the coast altogether, to allow vegetation to gradually migrate away from the shoreline and give nature a chance to build more natural barriers to rising seas, hurricanes and severe storms known to hit the Northeast frequently.