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Legislature accepts Operation Stonegarden grant, authorizes intermunicipal agreements despite seven no votes
Summary
Resolution 25-0046 accepts a Division of Homeland Security grant for Operation Stonegarden and authorizes agreements with Greece, Irondequoit and Webster; the vote passed 21-7 with seven legislators recorded in the negative.
The Legislature approved Resolution 25-0046 to accept a grant from the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services for Operation Stonegarden and to authorize intermunicipal agreements with the towns of Greece, Irondequoit and Webster. The resolution passed on a recorded vote of 21-7.
The minutes note committee votes (Intergovernmental Relations Committee: February 24, 2025 - CV: 4-1; Public Safety Committee: February 24, 2025 - CV: 8-3; Ways and Means Committee: February 25, 2025 - CV: 9-2). The record indicates "Legislators Barnhart, Blankley, Bonnick, Delvecchio Hoffman, Hasman, Hughes-Smith and Vazquez Simmons voted in the negative." The floor minutes do not list grant dollar amounts in the session text.
Supporters framed the action as authorizing intermunicipal cooperation to use federal/state homeland-security funding for cross-jurisdictional public-safety operations; dissenting legislators registered opposition on the floor record. The item was taken separately from the omnibus package for recorded consideration.
