Even as preschool special education providers began inking contracts with Monroe County this week, the county has continued to clarify what those contracts mean. The new agreements, set to take effect July 1, laid out new reimbursement rates for preschool special education services. The county sets these rates, and pays the providers, to ensure that […]
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo
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Dinolfo’s budget will add funding for visitation programs
A coalition of children’s advocates, faith leaders, and medical professionals are urging Monroe County officials to better fund services that have been proven to help prevent child abuse. Specifically, the coalition wants Monroe County to restore $1.7 million worth of funding that has been cut from some of those programs since 2014. They include Nurse-Family […]
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County plans to buy city office building
Monroe County has for many years used the City Place building at 50 West Main Street as an extension of its government offices. Several of its departments, from environmental services to probation, are located in the complex. The county clerk’s downtown DMV services operate out of its lobby, too. But the county doesn’t own City […]
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Dinolfo sums up her accomplishments, agenda
Monroe County’s chief economic development agency is losing its association with lunch and getting a name that’s more of an inspirational and aspirational call. The subject at hand is the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, which everyone calls COMIDA, literally the Spanish word for food; the progressive group Metro Justice once issued a critical report […]
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LDC trio is in its last days
State Supreme Court Justice Craig Doran signed off on a court order that clears the way for three county-linked local development corporations to dissolve, says County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo. Each LDC has its own board, which must meet and agree to dissolve the entity and transfer assets and contracts to the county. Dinolfo asked each […]
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Dinolfo budget leaves tax rate unchanged
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s first budget proposal is about what was expected: the $1.2 billion plan keeps the county tax rate flat at $8.99 per $1,000 of assessed property value. When Dinolfo ran for county exec last year, she promised to freeze the rate — a practice also followed by her predecessor, Maggie Brooks. That […]
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Dems: Increase county child care spending
The county has, over the past five years, cut the amount it pays toward child day care subsidies by approximately $2.6 million. County Legislature Democrats today asked County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to put back $1 million of the funding in her upcoming 2017 budget proposal. The ask echoes a request from the Children’s Agenda, which […]
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[UPDATED] Feds say fee waivers violated the law
The County Clerk’s Office, under now-County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, violated federal law by waiving passport fees, says a US Department of State official.
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Assembly, Senate pass LDC law
It looks like Monroe County will be able to move forward with plans to dissolve three local development corporations. The State Assembly and Senate passed legislation yesterday that allows the county to borrow money to pay off its contracts with the LDC’s, which it formed over the years. Legally, the county can borrow money to […]
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Lej backs law tied to dissolving LDC’s
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that she expects to refinance the debts and contracts of three county-linked local development corporations and then dissolve the quasi-governmental organizations by the end of the year. Those plans depend on whether the state Assembly and Senate pass legislation allowing the county to borrow money to buy out those contracts […]
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Politics and COMIDA
Reilich’s partisan meddling taints his party, COMIDA and its board, and every business that receives benefits from COMIDA.
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Legislature won’t probe I-Square debacle
The Monroe County Legislature will not investigate the chain of events that led to one of the clumsiest political squabbles in recent local history. A Legislature committee rejected a proposal to create a committee to investigate remarks made by Bill Reilich, chair of the Monroe County Republican Committee, regarding the I-Square development in Irondequoit. The […]
