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- Sign Up Today for NYSAC’s 2012 Legislative Conference
- Governor’s 2012-13 Budget Recommendation
- Closing Next Year’s Budget Gap
- Phasing In a Hard Cap in the Medicaid Local Share
- Reforming the Pension System
- Special Education Pre-School Reforms
- Early Intervention Health Services
- Statewide Interoperable Communications Grants for 9-1-1 and Local Emergency Response
- New Statewide Emergency Response Protocols for Local Governments
- New Program Creating Mandatory DNA Collection for Certain Crimes
- Agriculture Local Assistance Funding and the EPF
- Budget would Pick Up Share of County DA Salary Increase
- Budget Allows for County Procurement Flexibility
- Counties to Share Online DMV Transaction Revenue
- Provides Annual Authorization for CHIPS and Marchiselli Programs
Welcome
New York State Association of Counties' mission is to represent, educate and advocate for Member Counties and the thousands of elected and appointed county officials who serve the public.
We represent New York counties before Federal, State and Local officials on matters germane to county governments; and we inform our membership and the public at large on issues of importance to county governments.
We strive to educate, train and provide research on public policy to Federal, State and Local officials and to the membership on issues important to counties. We advocate for our 62 counties, including the City of New York, to the legislative and executive branches of government at the State and Federal levels.
Pelletier Institute
The County Perspective
State Programs Funded by Property Taxes
This report represents NYSAC's continuing efforts to raise awareness of the systemic inequity of the State’s public service delivery system that relies on property taxpayers to fund State programs, services and policy decisions. read more...
Reforming the Way We Finance Medicaid
Counties' number one mandate relief priority is removing county property taxpayers from funding Medicaid. This report details property taxpayers’ costly $7.3 billion role in the Medicaid program and identifies the ways and means to fund a State takeover of county costs.
Achieving Balance With Pension Reform
For more than a decade county government officials have also raised significant concerns about high pension contribution cost increases.These increases largely stem from a combination of generous pension benefit expansions enacted by the State Legislature in 2000 and inconsistent investment returns over this same time frame.
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Counties Should Not Be In PreK Program
Counties have no role or oversight of the preschool special education program, but our taxpayers fund 40.5 percent of the entire program. Additionally, nearly $150 million is spent on transportation alone, all paid for by the counties.
The Need for Early Intervention Reform
Despite the fact that half of the children receiving Early Intervention Services have access to private health insurance, counties pay 51% and the State pays 49% for the program. Requiring health insurers to pay for medically-necessary services would provide hundreds of millions in saves for State and local taxpayers.
2012 County Legislative Program
The 2012 County Legislative Program includes a series of mandate reform proposals designed by county officials with a goal of making New York a better, stronger and economically viable State in which to live, work and raise a family.
Growing the Farm Economy
From providing critical jobs and income, to feeding millions of New Yorkers, farming plays a critical role in New York's economic future. This report provides support and direction for public policy makers as they consider regional economic plans and the Federal Farm Bill.
Phasing Out County Share of Medicaid
County leaders from the capital region and across the State embrace a new legislative proposal that provides for a multi-year phase out of the county share of the State’s Medicaid program.The proposal provides for a gradual State takeover of the full financial costs of Medicaid, which is currently financed at the local level through property taxes.
New York's Land Bank Act
This NYSAC brief report is a summary of New York’s Land Bank Act, which is designed to provide counties and municipalities with the ability to manage the redevelopment of vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties in their communities.
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