For Immediate Release:
January 26, 2010
Contact:
Joel Barkin
Deputy Secretary of State for Public Affairs
(212) 417-5803
Gabe Roth
Deputy Director of Communications
(518) 486-9846
**MEDIA ADVISORY**
NY SECRETARY OF STATE, SEN. ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS, ASSEMBLYWOMAN SANDY GALEF TO ANNOUNCE SHARED SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GRANTS FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY
TARRYTOWN – New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez will join state and local lawmakers and community groups on Wednesday, January 27, to discuss the multiple shared services and Environmental Protection Fund grants that the Department of State recently awarded to municipalities across Westchester County.
Secretary Cortés-Vázquez will also release the Department of State’s Local Government Efficiency Program Annual Report, highlighting ways in which the Department has provided financial and technical assistance to local governments to reduce taxpayer costs through consolidation of services and improved fiscal efficiency.
WHAT: Announcement of shared services and environmental protection grants
in Westchester County
Release of annual local government efficiency report
WHERE: Sleepy Hollow Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, 10591
WHEN: Wednesday, January 27, at 10 a.m.
WHO: Secretary of State Cortés-Vázquez, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins,
Assemblywoman Sandra Galef and other state and local officials
and community groups
More information:
Since the inception of the Local Government Efficiency Program in 2005, the Department of State has made 270 awards to local governments totaling some $45 million for an estimated savings of $418 million to taxpayers.
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