chemung county

Some Southern Tier residents continue to gather and protest Republican proposals to cut social safety net programs.

Terminated state correction officers will be eligible for hire in local government positions on or after April 10.

Dozens of people spoke directly to county legislators this week about how any cuts to federal programs they rely on could be detrimental to their health and well-being.

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.