Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today said Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.97 which extends the expiration dates on licenses and permits that expired after March 1, 2020 to April 16, 2021.  At this time, all transaction must be done by appointment only, although Jastrzemski said his office is working to change that next month.

Niagara County Legislator Dave Godfrey, joined by all of his colleagues in the Legislature’s Majority, will propose a local law that requires solar panel manufacturers to finance the recovery and recycling of any of their solar panels installed in Niagara County when the panel is replaced.  

Niagara County District Attorney Brian Seaman today alerted Niagara County residents to fraudulent phone calls being made to residents purporting to be a National Grid employee.  The supposed National Grid employees tells the resident that National Grid is sending a truck out to disconnect their power unless a payment is immediately made to National Grid via Zelle (on online payment service.)