Buckley: Federal COVID relief fell short
Mayor, Argentieri clash over IDA board appointment
The Evening Tribune
HORNELL Mayor John Buckley told the Hornell Common Council Monday night that the U.S. Congress hung local governments “out to dry” after federal lawmakers passed a $900 billion pandemic relief bill that does not include aid to struggling municipalities.
On another matter before the Common Council, Buckley, a Republican, and Democratic Alderman Richard Argentieri clashed over the mayoral appointment of Dr. Richard F. Andolina Jr. to the City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency (CHIDA) Board of Directors.
Andolina, whose appointment was eventually approved unanimously by the Common Council, replaces Democrat Samuel Nasca, who served more than four decades on the CHIDA panel.