Category Archives: Village Consolidation

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The 2010 New York State Government Reorganization Act is alive & working well. Continuing discussion on pluses & minuses of the 2010 NYS Government Reorganization and Citizens Empowerment Act (GRACE) that we covered here,  have graphs showing a view about Village Dissolution. Take a look for yourself at the data & conversation, CLICK the link…

Here's a slide show about Village Consolidation from the NYS Office of Local Government. It is a nice overview of the NY Govt. Reorganization Act. Much of this is motivated by the "citizen empowerment" part of this new law, that gave Village Residents the power to ask for FAIR tax representation in their towns. We…

Governor Cuomo Announces $9.7 Million Delivered to Local Municipalities for Dissolving Duplicative Layers of Government   Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that $9.7 million through the Citizen Empowerment Tax Credit has been delivered to 19 local governments across New York where voters approved a village dissolution within their boundaries. An additional three municipalities that…