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Below are some of the resources that governments and associations have made available to raise opioid addiction awareness and boost prevention efforts across the state and nation.

The NYSAC Fall Seminar brings you training from experts in the public policy areas impacting our counties. 

This NYSAC report, released in 2019, provides a snapshot of county sales tax activity between 2000 and 2017.

The enacted 2017-18 New York State Budget included language to raise the age of criminal responsibility. This newly enacted legislation includes statutory amendments that create a new Adolescent Offender (AO) classification, establishes a new Youth Part in the Superior Court, and requires all misdemeanor cases, except for Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) misdemeanors, to be heard in Family Court.

These are the top 10 reasons to attend NYSAC's 2019 Fall Seminar.

In New York State, our 9-1-1 systems have evolved with these technologies in order to continue dispatching emergency response services to citizens across the state. The administration and costs for the 9-1-1 program have evolved as well, from an initial function of the state police, to being county-operated and funded responsibility. 

Here are some of NY counties major revenue sources and forms or income.

Here we focus on vacancies in the office of elected county legislator in New York counties that have adopted charters in accord with the home rule provision of the state constitution.

The County Prescription Discount Card Program has been offered by 49 counties, and over the years has saved New York residents over $277 million dollars on over 7.3 million prescriptions.

This NYSAC report provides a summary of where counties get their revenue, broad categories of spending, and utilization of debt.