Sentences with phrase «local government consolidation in»

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Nineteen local governments — including two in the Mohawk Valley — will receive $ 9.7 million through the Citizen Empowerment Tax Credit thanks to their consolidation efforts, according to Cuomo.

Miner said in October that it would be «way premature» to discuss a possible consolidation of Syracuse and Onondaga County government services before the Commission on Local Government Modernization, known as Consensus, issues its report early government services before the Commission on Local Government Modernization, known as Consensus, issues its report early Government Modernization, known as Consensus, issues its report early next year.

The leader of the Senate Republicans said he's against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to require local governments in each county to offer government consolidation plans to go before voters in November.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a radio interview on Monday blasted the plan approved in the 2017 - 18 state budget that encourages local government consolidation and sharing of services.

PROPOSAL 9: Launch a Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition designed to reward local governments that take real steps to make living and working in New York State more affordable.

Cuomo's proposal would require local governments to come up with consolidation plans that would save money and be put before voters in November.

• Consolidation and modernization of local governments to lower the cost of municipal services and better position Central New York to compete in the 21st century.

While the plan includes some ideas proposed by local governments, many of the suggestions stem from the Consensus Commission, which has attempted to spur government consolidation in the past.

Picente also said he and his fellow county officials told the governor at dinner Tuesday night that they were upset by his proposed local government consolidation measures in the 2017 - 18 budget, and they came away comforted.

Andrew Cuomo is in favor of local government consolidation and so am I.

Consolidation talk is also heating up in Onondaga County after the Consensus report recommended combining local government functions, including merging the city of Syracuse with the county.

This major study of more than 4,500 New Yorkers, funded by the Dyson Foundation and conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, takes an in - depth look at the issue of local government consolidation on a statewide level and in nine regions — the Capital Region, the Adirondacks, Western New York, the Finger Lakes, Central New York, the Mid-Hudson Valley, the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island.

Following New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address, in which he called for consolidation and efficiency in local governments, the mayor of Glens Falls announced he believes the Warren County city can find savings.

The $ 20 million is part of $ 70 million Cuomo plans to include in his proposed 2016 - 17 state budget to incentivize local government consolidations, reorganizations and efficiencies.