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20% State Aid Cut Possible,

Ruffles Tells Towns, Villages

At Weekly Telephone Briefing

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

County Treasurer Allen Ruffles.

COOPERSTOWN – The county, town and village governments are facing a possible 20 percent reduction in state aid/reimbursements from Albany unless the federal government steps in to help, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, county Coronavirus Task Force chairman, said today.

Ruffles included that news in a transcript he prepares each Monday to brief local officials on impacts of the continuing coronavirus threat.

“As of now there has been no aid coming from the federal government and (state Budget Director Robert Mujica) put out a release saying to expect at least a 10 percent decrease in State aid/reimbursement,” Ruffles wrote.  “But we won’t have any actual details until May 1.”

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