Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $55 million would be awarded to 57 counties and New York City to bolster the State’s emergency response and communications systems through two grants — a $45 million grant under the State Interoperable Communications Formula Grant Program and a $10 million grant under the Public Safety Answering Point Grant Program. Both grant programs fall under the Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant program, which provides reimbursement of funding to eligible counties in order to improve their emergency communication systems, and allocate funding to further enhance public safety call-taking and dispatching abilities.
Regional breakdown:
Allegany County: to receive $736,507
Cattaraugus County: $640,674
Livingston County: $609,127
Steuben County: $748,369
Wyoming County: $433,244
