Regional officials are applauding Governor Cuomo's focus on jobs and other issues that impact the North Country economy in the State of the State address. In northern New York, mandate relief is an elephant weighing down most community's budgets. Governor Cuomo proposed some relief.
Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board Executive Director Fred Monroe said the focus on mandate relief was music to his ears.
Town of Jay Supervisor and Essex County Board of Supervisors Chair Randy Douglas says mandate relief can't come soon enough.
Plattsburgh North Country Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Gary Douglas is impressed with the fiscal discipline woven thru-out the State of the State.
Republican State Senator Betty Little characterized Governor Cuomo's speech as positive and energetic.
Fiscal details of the plans related in the State of the State are expected to be detailed in the Governors budget address later this month.