NY Secretary of State, Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins to Announce Shared Services

ALBANY, NY (01/22/2010)(readMedia)-- New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez will join state and local lawmakers and community groups in Tarrytown on Monday, January 25, 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: Tarrytown Village Hall, One Depot Plaza, Tarrytown, 10591

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 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

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Since the inception of the Local Government Efficiency Program in 2005, the Department of State has received made 270 awards to local governments totaling some $45 million for an estimated savings of $418 million to taxpayers.

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