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Legislature approves temporary funding to add assistant county attorney

3507595 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

The legislature unanimously authorized a contingency appropriation to create and fill one assistant county attorney position after the county attorney said current staffing causes delays and limits capacity for legal work across county programs.

Tompkins County legislators unanimously approved May 20 a contingent appropriation to create an assistant county attorney position in the County Attorney’s Office and to proceed with recruitment.

County Attorney Morty Josephson urged the addition, saying the office’s current…

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