ERIE.GOV | Your information resource from the government of Erie County, New York
Latest News
The Office of Erie County Comptroller reached out to all 62 counties in New York State to ask how much money in overtime has been paid to any managerial confidential (MC) employee in any position since the federal government provided CARES Act funding to local municipalities to address COVID issues.
The Office of Erie County Comptroller issued refund checks to nearly every community in Erie County impacted by the county’s miscalculation of how much homeowners owed in property taxes.
The Office of Erie County Comptroller has provided lawmakers with the latest data on sales tax revenue. Income generated from sales tax for the summer months is down significantly from prior years. For the month of July, 2020 compared to July, 2019, sales tax revenue dropped 12.48% for a month-to-month loss of $4.98 million.
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.
