NY Secretary of State to Announce Shared Services and Environmental Protection Grants for Westchester County

• by New York State Department of State

ALBANY, NY (01/27/2010)(readMedia)-- New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez will join state and local lawmakers and community groups at 10 a.m. TODAY, Wednesday, January 27, to discuss the multiple Local Government Efficiency 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 Ave., 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

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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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