WATERTOWN — Three incumbents of the Jefferson County Board of Legislators have been endorsed in their runs for re-election from Rep. Elise M. Stefanik.
WATERTOWN — A state comptroller’s office review of how Jefferson County responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in its budgeting has given the county a clean bill of health.
WATERTOWN â A state comptrollerâs office review of how Jefferson County responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in its budgeting has given the county a clean bill of health.
In just a three-page finding released Friday, the office determined that county officials âadequately assessed the impact of the pandemic on financial operationsâ while creating its 2021 budget.
âIt was confirmation that we had our financial ducks in a row,â Jefferson County Board of Legislators Chairman Scott A. Gray said of the reviewâs findings.
The office of Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli reviewed the adopted 2021 fiscal budgets of 20 counties, cities, towns and villages across the state to assess whether local officials adequately considered the impact of the pandemic on their financial operations while developing their budgets.
WATERTOWN â As he runs for re-election to his 10th term in the county legislature, Jefferson County Board of Legislators Chairman Scott A. Gray said his last term has been one of the most challenging, and rewarding, of his career.
Since March of 2020, when the first declarations of emergency were made as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Mr. Gray said heâs been working as county chairman full time, making more decisions more quickly than he ever anticipated.
According to state law, in a declared state of emergency the county chairman becomes the point person, orchestrating a government-wide response to the emergency. Mr. Gray said normally, those emergency situations last days, weeks at most. But Jefferson County, and New York state, have been in a state of emergency for over 440 days.
What does CDC mask guidance mean for NYS?
WWNY What does CDC mask guidance mean for NYS? By 7 News Staff and Associated Press | May 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 9:03 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.
Many of us will want to celebrate. But, this is guidance from Washington, D.C. and there are rules still in effect from New York state.
“It really has to go down to the state Department of Health to give us guidance on, you know, how we are going to basically respond to a situation statewide,” said Jefferson County Board of Legislators Chairman Scott Gray.