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Assemblyman Steve Hawley weighed in on this situation, calling it “shameful” that the state is holding these funds that are “earmarked and due to our counties to be used for public safety locally.”

Hawley said he sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo on Oct. 20 asking him to release all funds for the PSAP Operations and SICG initiatives that were authorized through the 2019-20 fiscal year budget and “ensure that future authorizations are released in full in the budget year they are appropriated”…