Monticello, NY – Did you know that Sullivan County recorded over $6.6 million in damages from floods between 1996 and 2018? Add in around another half-million dollars if you include hurricane damages.

“Flooding is our #1 natural hazard, but it’s not the only one, which is why we have been utilizing FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Plan process for the past two decades,” explains Rick Sauer, Sullivan County’s Public Safety Commissioner. “Now we’re updating it, and we want public input on what we call our ‘Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan’.”

Monticello, NY – Despite the deep and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on Sullivan County, County Manager Joshua A. Potosek today presented a 2021 Tentative Sullivan County Budget to the Legislature that continues existing services and avoids layoffs.

Liberty, NY – The 2020-2021 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) season is here.

“HEAP’s Regular component – offering a one-time payment to help buy fuel to heat a home – begins Monday, November 2,” notes Sullivan County Director of Temporary Assistance Giselle Steketee. “The Heating Equipment Repair & Replacement (HERR) and the Heating Equipment Clean & Tune (C&T) components have already begun. They provide funding to have trained professionals inspect, service and even replace furnaces, boilers, stoves and other heating equipment.”

Monticello, NY – Move Sullivan, Sullivan County’s year-old public transportation system, is about to take the next step forward.

“Thanks to the support of this Legislature, Move Sullivan buses have continued running throughout the pandemic, and I’m pleased to announce that, starting November 2, the routes will be expanded to meet public demand,” County Manager Josh Potosek explained.

Liberty - Sullivan County Acting District Attorney Meagan K. Galligan announced the results of a coordinated fraud sweep executed by the Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force, which is comprised of members of the Sullivan County Division of Health and Family Services, Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office.

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County Division of Health & Family Services Commissioner Stephanie Brown is pleased to introduce Burt Kohn as the new Administrator of the Care Center at Sunset Lake. An experienced nursing home administrator, he started today, October 26. 

“A seasoned leader, Mr. Kohn brings with him many years of administrative service in hospital-based, corporate and privately-owned nursing homes, overseeing facilities with more than 200 staff during that time,” Brown stated. “I welcome his professional and capable leadership.”

Liberty, NY – Sullivan County Public Health Services is alerting anyone who visited Autozone Auto Parts, 1985 State Route 52 in Liberty, on the following dates and times that they may have been exposed to an employee who tested positive and worked on these dates during the infectious period:

Liberty, NY – This November 4 at 6 p.m., Sullivan County Public Health Services and Sullivan BOCES will host a school community forum to provide answers to commonly asked COVID-19-related questions. 

Route 97 near Narrowsburg, as it looked after the blizzard of March 2018 that felled hundreds of trees across Sullivan County.

Monticello, NY – Sullivan County, with New York State’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (NYSDHSES) and the University at Albany’s Visualization and Informatics Laboratory (AVAIL), is updating its hazard response plan.

Monticello, NY – The Sullivan County Division of Public Safety and the Office of Grants Administration advise local governments and not-for-profits that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding remains available for certain expenses related to the coronavirus pandemic.