With shoreline yards and roads along Lake Ontario under water, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle has introduced his own flood recovery bill that expands on the State Senate Version. Morelle’s version more than doubles the Senate’s Lake Ontario and St Lawrence River Flood Recovery Program, from a fund of $50 million to $105 million. Forty […]
State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle says New York State probably can’t give any direct aid to individual property owners affected by flooding from the record-high waters of Lake Ontario. But he says they can and will come up with aid for local governments so parks, roads and other damaged infrastructure can be fixed without […]
Rochester-area elected officials say a bill now before the State Assembly to help communities deal with flood damage is only intended to help local governments pay to protect their public water supplies from floodwater contamination. It’s not intended to help lake and bayshore homeowners cover the damage their insurance companies won’t pay for. But Assembly […]