2021 Statewide Ballot Proposals

• Summary of 2021 Statewide Election Day Ballot Proposals

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

• County Cyber Security Response Briefing
• ​Cyber Security 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 

• BLOG: Opposition to Prevailing Wage Expansion
• BLOG: Rural Cellular Proposal
• Consolidated Funding Application White Paper

Energy & Environment

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Legislation Factsheet 
• SFY 2020 Environmental Budget Highlights
• 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) 
• Mandate Monitor Toolkit - Word 

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  

Public Health / Mental 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 
• Lead Poisoning Prevention: The Role of Local Health Departments and Changes in the 2019-20 State Budget 
• Marijuana Legalization- Fact Sheet (January 2019)
• County Coroners and Medical Examiners: Emerging Funding Challenges 

Public Safety 

• 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
• Testimony to Assembly Codes and Correction Committee 2019

Shared Services 

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

 Taxation and Finance

• Fact Sheet: 2022 Sales Tax Intercept
• 2020 Economic Impact of Coronavirus  
• Making the Tax Cap Permanent - Fact Sheet  

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• Letter to Governor and Legislature: Enact supplemental capital bill that includes Emergency Winter Recovery funds 
• NYSAC Testimony to Assembly Transportation Committee on Funding Needs
• Testimony to Senate Transportation Committee 2019

Veterans Affairs

• Testimony to Assembyl Veterans Committee 2019