Some Erie County lawmakers want to rollback county executive pandemic powers
While the county executive continues to wield more powers in a state of emergency with the ongoing pandemic, some county lawmakers say it s time to curb those powers Author: Ron Plants Updated: 7:05 PM EDT March 16, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. While Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz continues to wield more powers in a state of emergency with the ongoing pandemic, some county lawmakers say it s time to curb those powers.
Just as in Albany a couple of weeks ago with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the minority caucus of three Republicans and one Conservative Party member want to strip executive order abilities from the Erie County executive because they feel the COVID numbers are going down and the legislature must reclaim its power of checks and balances. But it won t be easy.