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County approves state-funded rental-registry staff and second-year grant funds to enforce lead inspection law
Summary
Orange County approved four new public health positions funded by a New York State rental-registry grant and accepted the program's second-year appropriation; legislators debated a five-year sunset tied to grant funding and enforcement steps for noncompliant landlords.
Orange County legislators on March 19 approved four new public-health positions funded entirely by a New York State Landlord Rental Registry grant and accepted the grant’s second-year appropriation of $728,600 for 2025–26.
What was approved: The committee approved creation of one data-program coordinator (Grade 15), one senior public-health sanitarian (Grade 15) to supervise the effort and two public-health technician positions (Grade 11). County officials said the positions will be funded by the state rental-registry grant and will support landlord outreach, registry administration, inspection auditing and enforcement when landlords…
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