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Now that Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. has asked for a federal investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to send sick seniors stricken with COVID back into nursing homes, the Office of Erie County Comptroller released a report to the Erie County Legislature today on nursing home deaths in the region.
The first receipt of sales tax revenue for Erie County for the month of April 2020 is $34,637,590.30, compared to $50,881,053.44 for the first receipt of April 2019. That's down 31.9% compared to last year.
Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. is requesting the federal government investigate why New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is refusing to allow some Erie County hospitals to resume elective surgeries like the rest of the state, stating his actions are punitive in nature.
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.
