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County manager: Comfort Care House transfer requires legislative route; NYPA green projects raise tax concerns; Fort Drum liaison work advancing
Summary
County Manager Tim Hunt told the legislature the Comfort Care House transfer must go through legislative or ESD channels and described talks with NYPA about several green-energy projects that could affect the county tax levy.
County Manager Tim Hunt updated the legislature on several items including the status of the Comfort Care House transfer, the county’s conversations with the New York Power Authority on proposed green-energy projects and liaison work with Fort Drum partners.
Hunt said the Comfort Care House can be transferred only through legislative action; he has contacted state legislative offices and the governor’s office and staff expect the process to move slowly because the Legislature is not back in session until January. He said there is a potential path to transfer using Empire State Development (ESD) as an intermediary, a route county staff are exploring.
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