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Upstate and downstate local leaders ask Albany for more AIM, road and water funding as costs rise
Summary
Leaders of cities, counties and towns told joint budget committees that a recent one-time increase in unrestricted aid is welcome but insufficient. They asked lawmakers for predictable, inflation‑adjusted aid, bigger CHIPS allocations, a water/sewer “swap” program, and help with rising EMS and migrant-related costs.
Representatives of New York’s cities, counties and towns pressed state budget negotiators to make recent one‑time increases in local aid recurring and to add targeted programs that meet rising operating and capital costs.
Speakers from the New York State Conference of Mayors, the Association of Counties and the Association of Towns said the $50 million in temporary unrestricted municipal aid included in the current year budget helped but did not restore 15 years of real‑term erosion in state support. They asked the Legislature to convert that into an ongoing, inflation‑indexed increase and to reform how aid is distributed so communities with similar needs are treated more equitably.
Local officials focused on a handful of priorities…
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