Monday, January 16th – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Tuesday, January 17th – Governor Cuomo releases 2012-13 Executive State Budget Tuesday, January 17-18th – State Legislature in Session in Albany

The NYS Association of County Coroners and Medical Examiners, (NYSACCME,) will hold an Educational Conference in Buffalo from March 23-25, 2012. The program will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel and the title of the Conference is: “SIDS, SUID(I)S … Continue reading →

New Yorkers participating in the county-sponsored ProAct Prescription Drug Discount Card Program saved more than $70 Million since the program began seven years ago, according to ProAct President David B. Warner. Program data through the end of December shows $73,223,050.12 … Continue reading →

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has ended an extended open comment period for the revised draft State Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) for hydrofracking. Comments on this plan were due to the DEC by Close of Business Wednesday, … Continue reading →

This week the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee met for their first meeting of the year to consider the nomination of Gil C. Quiniones as President and CEO, of the Power Authority of NY (NYPA). Mr. Quiniones takes over at … Continue reading →

Barring an upcoming court decision or action by the New York State Legislature, counties could be coordinating 3 primary elections in New York in 2012. The first scheduled primary is the presidential primary which will be held on April 24, … Continue reading →

Two State mandated programs for children with special needs require more than $500 million from county property taxpayers, and are in tremendous need of reform. Both programs have been long-standing priorities of NYSAC for fundamental policy and fiscal reform. The first is … Continue reading →

Less than a year after the Legislature significantly expanded pension benefits in 2000, largely based on the assumption that record investment returns from the booming 1990’s would continue (or the gains would be preserved), the dot.com bubble burst on Wall … Continue reading →

Counties’ number one mandate relief priority is removing county property taxpayers from funding Medicaid. In 2012, counties across the State, including New York City, will provide more than $7.3 billion to the State in weekly Medicaid installments. Counties have subsidized … Continue reading →

Over the past several months, our county delegates have provided NYSAC with clear direction to advocate for mandate relief through: 1.       removing the property tax share of the Medicaid program, 2.      enacting long term changes in the pension system, and … Continue reading →