FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 28, 2020

County Executive Day Calls for Direct Federal Stimulus Funding for Counties

New City, NY, - County Executive Ed Day wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to request direct financial assistance from the federal government to counties.

"Without federal aid, counties will be forced to make cuts that will worsen the economic recession and slow our hard-fought progress against the virus. Counties have been on the front line, leading the local response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. We are the boots on the ground delivering the services that people count on," wrote County Executive Day.

The letter, which is attached, was mailed today, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 and submitted electronically to their offices.

"We in Rockland stand ready to lead our community through the rest of this crisis but we need resources from the federal government to do it. It is time to put politics aside and work together to do the right thing for the people of Rockland, New York State, and our entire nation," concluded Day in the letter.

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