Topic Index

• Agriculture
• Children with Special Needs
• Cybersecurity
• Demographic and Economic Reports
• Economic Development
• Energy and Environment
• Intergovernmental Affairs
• Mandates
• Medicaid and Human Services
• Personnel/Labor
• Public Health and Mental Health
• Public Safety
• Shared Services
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation and Infrastructure
• Veterans' Affairs

Agriculture 

• Five Ways to Protect the Pollinators that Foster our Food and Eco Systems
• The Dairy Crisis and Its Impact on NYS Farmers - video webinar recording

Children with Special Needs

• The State of NYS Early Intervention Program 

Cyber Security

• Cybersecurity Primer for County Leaders
• Cybersecurity Insurance Challenges for Public Entities
• County Cybersecurity Response Briefing
• ​Cybersecurity Terminology for Non-Technical County Leaders

Demographic and Economic Reports 

• 2021 County Population Snapshot
• NYS County Trends in Revenues and Expenditures
• Sales Tax Report - 2019 
• Top 20 Sales Tax sources 
• 2018 County Demographic Snapshot: Population Trends - Published June, 2019 

Economic Development 

• Can You Hear Me Now: The State of Rural Cellular and Broadband Services in New York
• BLOG: Opposition to Prevailing Wage Expansion
• BLOG: Rural Cellular Proposal
• Consolidated Funding Application White Paper

Energy & Environment

• NYSAC Testimony: Climate Action Council’s Final Scoping Plan
• New Yorkers’ Vote for Clean Water & Jobs:The Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022
• Climate Programs and Grants Whitepaper
• NYSAC Comments on CLC Draft Scoping Plan
• Meeting the Goals of New York State’s Climate Act: A Preliminary Summary of the Climate Action Council’s Draft Scoping Plan
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Legislation Factsheet 
• 2019 Plastic Bag Ban and Bottle Bill Expansion Fact Sheet
• Paper Bag Fee Model Resolution
• NYSAC FAQ: The 2019 NYS Bag Waste Reduction Act 
• Responding to the Recycling Crisis - Testimony Submitted by NYSAC to the Senate & Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation - October 21, 2019 
• The History and Future of the NYS Bottle Bill 
• The NYS Plastic Bag Ban - NYSAC Report  

Intergovernmental Affairs

• Lowering the Costs of Health Insurance for NYS Local Governments and Local Taxpayers  
• Working with Local Departments of Motor Vehicles 
• Voting Reform Laws In New York State
• A Primer on Early Voting Proposals in NYS - January 2019 

 

Mandates

• The State of State Mandates and How We Got Here (2019) 
• Meet the Mandates: Understanding Unfunded Mandates (2019) 

Medicaid & Human Services 

• Fact Sheet: 2022 State Reimbursement of eFMAP Funds
• Testimony to Assembly Health Committee on Medicaid Sustainability
• MRT II Executive Summary of Proposals 
• MRT II Scorecard 
• The Future of Medicaid Spending: State Budget Proposals Will Cost Counties 
• Recommendations to the MRT II  

Personnel/Labor

• Monderning NY Civil Service Law Fact Sheet

Public Health / Mental Health

• White Paper: Investing in NYS Public Health
• Testimony: Water Infrastructure Funding Reform - December 10, 2021
• The Prepare Act: Public Health Reinvestment & Emergency Pandemic Adaptability, Readiness and Efficiency
• Testimony: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
• A Blueprint for Change: Reforming Mental Health Competency Restoration
• Cannanabis Law Implementation November Update
• The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act: A Summary 
• Counties Promoting Public Health, A Special NYSAC Report 
• Making Cannabis Legal in NYS  
• Regulation of Synthetic Drugs 
• County Coroners and Medical Examiners: Emerging Funding Challenges 

Public Safety 

• Fact Sheet: EMS in Crisis
• Fact Sheet: 2022 Strengthening Probation Services
• NYSAC Analysis of Executive Order 203, Police Reforms 
• Analysis of Say Their Name Agenda
• 2019 Criminal Justice Reforms 
• Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility in NYS: County Impact Update 
• 9-1-1 Funding Challenges

Shared Services 

• County-Wide Shared Services Initiatives 
• Shared Services Ideas
• Existing County Shared Services

 
Taxation and Finance

• In Rem Foreclosure Reform Whitepaper
• Making the Tax Cap Permanent - Fact Sheet  

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• Pave our Potholes Fact Sheet
• Letter to Governor and Legislature: Enact supplemental capital bill that includes Emergency Winter Recovery funds 

Veterans Affairs

• Veteran Services Fact Sheet