Category: Politics

Eighty-seven days have passed, and our Freedom of Information Law request has finally been completed. FingerLakes1.com has received 171-pages worth of emails from the servers of the Ontario County Public Health office on Friday, September 25. RELATED: Still waiting for Ontario County ... MORE

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I,Ref-Pulaski), Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (R,C,Ref-Mahopac) and their colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference penned a letter to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) seeking updated reporting guidelines aimed at providing New Yorkers with critical, missing ... MORE

It’s been a long summer for local municipalities that are struggling to adapt to COVID-19 budget issues. However, we’re getting closer to final budgets in many of them. What’s happening here? Also, the latest on a series of headlines from the regional ... MORE

Geneva Supervisor Mark Venuti says his community is fortunate to have found a developer for the former BJ’s Wholesale property at the edge of town. Earlier this week Supervisor Venuti spoke with Finger Lakes News Radio about the planned development for the ... MORE

Families with loved ones in nursing homes across New York are calling for change. They have been at it, calling for changes to visitation policies for weeks. In some cases, those calls have been growing louder for months – even before Coronavirus ... MORE

The Seneca County Industrial Development Agency was well-represented at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors’ Government Operations Committee Meeting, which was held at the County Office Building. Executive Director Sarah Davis, who came into that role this year, was present along with two other ... MORE

A legislator in Cayuga County, who has served the 9th District since 2017 will step down. But he won’t be leaving elected office altogether. Charlie Ripley announced this week that he would step down at the end of the month to go ... MORE

Some of the smallest communities in Upstate New York – villages – could be hardest hit by the Coronavirus Pandemic. Over the last decade the Village of Newark has been very good at long-term planning. They have bolstered their downtown business district, ... MORE

The Hyland Landfill in Allegany County would vault from No. 8 to No. 4 in a ranking of permitted capacity among the state’s largest municipal solid waste landfills if state and local officials approve a proposed 107-acre expansion. The landfill, owned and ... MORE

The proposed joint fire district that would serve parts of Fayette and Waterloo has been put on hold. At least until 2021. The Finger Lakes Times reported Monday that both communities requested that discussions be put on hold citing financial concerns. The ... MORE

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the total “economic burden” of prescription opioid misuse alone in the United States is $78.5 billion per year. This includes the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement. It’s ... MORE

New York’s current budget gap is growing. At this point it’s $14.5 billion. Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh) has introduced two bills that address early retirement for state and local government employees as a means to help ease the budget grind. However, as ... MORE

It didn’t come without a fair share of controversy, and several hours of public meetings, but the City of Geneva has drafted a proposed local law that would create a police accountability board. The draft law was released by the city on ... MORE

Dealing with the Coronavirus Pandemic has been difficult for communities across New York State. Undoubtedly, small communities like Yates County are those that could feel the most-adverse impact from the financial fallout associated with the Coronavirus. Especially given how heavily-reliant counties like ... MORE

Could it be time that the American people see a new stimulus package? This week the ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’, which is made up of 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans, unveiled its “March To Common Ground” framework to help break the gridlock on ... MORE