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The Office of Erie County Comptroller completed a report that examined Erie County’s capital borrowing for the years 2014-2019 for construction projects. The report focused on borrowing for capital projects that dealt with what was supposed to be improvements at Erie Community College, also known as SUNY Erie.
For the month of April, county share sales tax revenue is down 27.96% or $10,013,889.23. The County Share sales tax revenue totaled $25,816,612.88 for April 2020, compared to $35,830,502.11, for April 2019.
Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. sent a letter to the Erie County Legislature today, responding to the Poloncarz Administration’s deficit reduction plan, as required by Charter. Comptroller Mychajliw declared a deficit on May 4th, 2020.
Erie County Comptroller Stefan Iwan Mychajliw is the son of Polish and Ukrainian immigrants, the youngest of seven children, who grew up in blue-collar beginnings near the corner of William and Fillmore on the East Side of Buffalo.
The people of Erie County first elected Mychajliw Erie County Comptroller on November 6th, 2012. Husband to Ashley, a social worker, and proud father of Mia Theresa, Maksym Roman and Emeryk Francis.
If you see or suspect waste, fraud or abuse of county resources, don’t ignore it! Please take a minute and report your suspicions to our Erie County Whistleblower Hotline. If you are, or work for, a County Clerk in New York State and you suspect that a person who is in the United States illegally has applied for a driver’s license, you can anonymously report it to ICE by calling their hotline at 1-866-347-2423 or electronically on their website. OR, utilize our Erie County hotline, and we will forward all tips.
The Erie County Comptroller’s Office is monitoring expenses related to the Covid-19 pandemic and how your tax dollars are being spent. Whether it is local tax dollars from the county surplus or federal funds, your taxes are being used to cover costs associated with the county-wide response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. You have a right to know how this money is spent.
