State Legislature Approves Numerous COVID-Related Bills

VIEW ADVOCACY UPDATE (6-1-20)

Call to Action: Send Letter to Congress

• State Legislature Approves Numerous COVID-Related Bills

VIEW ADVOCACY UPDATE (5-29-20)

VIEW LETTER (5-22-20)

• Gatherings for Religious Services and Memorial Day
• Sales Tax Filing Extention
• Racetracks

VIEW GUIDANCE (5-22-20) 

State Delaying Issuance of Budget Cuts and Holding Back Release of Local Aid

• Bipartisan Bill Introduced in Congress to Provide Direct Federal Funding to Local Governments
• NYCOM's Video Urges All to #WearAMask

VIEW ADVOCACY UPDATE (5-20-20)

The HEROES Act Would Provide $375 Billion to Local Governments

VIEW ADVOCACY UPDATE (5-13-20)

View Press Release (added 5-12-20)

A Guide to Reopening New York and Building Back Better

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NYCOM would like to congratulate the winners of our fourth annual essay contest addressing the topic, “If I Were Mayor, I Would . . .” from nearly 1,000 entries received.

FIRST PLACE: Winslow Ryan - Village of Southampton
SECOND PLACE: Bella Gambino - Village of New Paltz
THIRD PLACE: Viviane Kim - Village of Port Jefferson

View Summary of Adopted State Budget (updated 5-7-20)

View Property Tax Payment Memo (updated 5-14-20)

The Office of Disaster Recovery at the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is holding virtual Applicant Briefings to discuss federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that may be available under the major disaster declaration for COVID-19 (DR- 4480). The briefing will provide state, local and tribal governments and private non-profits guidance on the eligibility standards for applicants under a FEMA disaster grant and what types of activities are reimbursable under this current declaration. Click HERE to view the dates and times when briefings will be held. We encourage anyone that is seeking reimbursement from FEMA for COVID-19 response activities to register.

View Village Election Memo on Executive Order 202.26.

View Fiscal Pain Tracker (updated 5-28-20)

• Proposed Aid Amounts for NY Municipalities Under the Proposed HEROES Act
• NLC Revenue Loss Impacts on Local Governments
• State and Local Coronavirus Relief Funds
• HEROES Bill - H.R. 6800
• HEROES Act Summary

• Securing Federal Funding in a Time of Crisis
• Helping Local Businesses During the COVID Pandemic: Advice from the Front Lines
• Workforce Management in the Shadow of a Pandemic
• Enforcing the Governor's COVID Executive Orders & the Procedure for Issuing Local COVID-Related Emergency Orders
• 2020 Village Elections Update and Conducting the Organizational Meeting
• Conducting Meetings & Public Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic

CLICK HERE TO VIEW RECORDED WEBINARS AND HANDOUTS

VIEW SIGN-ON LETTER (updated 5-15-20)

Sneak Peak of NYCOM's Municipal Matters quarterly magazine (Vol. 3, No. 3):

• The NYS SHIELD Act: What Local Governments Need to Know

• Building [Information] Highways: Examining Municipal Broadband as an Alternative to Industry-Determined Internet Access

• The Community Officials Data Exchange (C.O.D.E.): A Data-Sharing Tool for NYS Municipal Governments