chemung county

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, due to a prison-wide state of emergency.

The fire gutted the 133-year-old structure last week, leaving a brick shell of the building. Demolition crews leveled the rest of it to the ground earlier this week.

Gov. Hochul deployed New York National Guard troops to state prisons as hundreds of corrections officers strike to call attention to staffing and safety issues.

Public discussions on the budget have been going back and forth between the legislature and the county executive since Nov. 8.

The chair of the legislature proposed eliminating the raises for the county executive, treasurer, clerk, sheriff and legislators.

Initially, officials considered taking the clock tower down instead of repairing it. But the cost would have been similar to restoring it.

County officials presented a budget earlier this month with a 2.5 percent increase to the property tax levy.

Elmira residents packed the city courthouse Monday night. Many were against the measure and asked the city not to pass it.

Chemung County has been at the epicenter of a heated controversy that has made national headlines, after the seizure of two wild animals living in a home in Pine City.

Across the Southern Tier, many incumbents in state and local offices are running uncontested this year. However, there are some races that do have challengers.