A second audit focused on the handling of mortgage taxes and found problems including thousands of dollars that were not properly distributed and too much money given to some towns
The county department did not recognize or pursue nearly $482,000 in reimbursements owed to the county from the state, the audit concluded. It also failed to recover $130,000 paid to
From 2020 through 2022, department commissioners, chiefs and other appointees in county government who are not typically entitled to overtime were paid $3 million in OT and cashed-out comp time,
The Erie County Comptroller s Office this year began examining how arts and cultural groups have spent millions of dollars in county grants, totaling more than $7 million a year. It