Local Officials Call for Release of State Funding Owed to Chautauqua County

Local and state-elected officials are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to release all funding that is owed to Chautauqua County. During the county's weekly COVID-19 news conference in Mayville on Friday, County Executive P.J. Wendel said that counties across the state have been told by the Governor's Office, "We didn't know they wanted the money because nobody has said they wanted it"...

P.J. Wendel: asking for state funding that is owed to counties

Wendel was joined by State Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, both former county executives. Borrello believes the request for aid should not have been necessary...

George Borrello

Goodell says he and and many of his colleagues on Thursday requested the immediate release of CHIPS funding, noting that Cuomo had stated that investing in infrastructure would help restart the state's economy.