Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that dissolving two county-linked local development corporations will save taxpayers a few million dollars in debt and administrative costs. But she needs the State Legislature to pass a new law to make it happen. The LDC’s have one source of income and that’s the county, which has multi-decade contracts […]
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Remaining LDC defendants sentenced
A while back, four guys were charged with working together to rig bids for two big Monroe County contracts. Today, three of the men received their comeuppance in court; one of the three is headed to prison. The men were sentenced by Acting Monroe County Court Justice Dennis Kehoe this morning. Daniel Lynch, who was the […]
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Legislature Dems ask for LDC abolition study
Legislature Democrats want the county to hire an outside legal firm to examine the implications of dissolving county-affiliated local development corporations, or even whether they can be dissolved in the first place. The county formed several LDC’s over the past decade-plus to handle certain functions; one owns and runs the Civic Center Parking Garage, for […]
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The great LDC extinction
Cheryl Dinolfo’s pledge to eliminate local development corporations in Monroe County may be less a stand for integrity than a reflection of the fact that LDC’s just aren’t as useful to governments as they once were. Dinolfo, a Republican, announced her bid for county executive last month. She has been pegged as current county executive […]
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Deal may avert detention center, Costco problem
Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature are re-evaluating their decision to block a big county borrowing measure. Details are fuzzy, but it looks like the measure may now have enough votes to pass. Democrats have held the legislation up since December in an attempt to get Republicans to support their plan to have the Legislature lead a review of local development corporations affiliated with the county.
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On LDC’s, county says it’s conducting a review, not an investigation
One of the central issues in an ongoing County Legislature skirmish is the county administration’s internal review related to local development corporations. The administration has hired former state Attorney General Dennis Vacco to lead that review. Legislature Democrats say that the Legislature should be in charge of the internal probe, not the administration. Between this […]
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[UPDATED] WEEK AHEAD: More LDC action, Krenzers fight for their farm, downtown master plan
The boards for the two local development corporations at the center of an attorney general’s office investigation will hold special meetings early this week. Both meetings are open to the public, though the boards will probably go into closed sessions. The Upstate Telecommunications Corporation board will meet at 1 p.m. today (Monday, November 11) at […]
