Greene County Legislature Chairman Wayne Speenburgh has called a meeting to discuss pertinent state government issues with local representatives including 51st District State Senator James Seward, R-Milford, 127th District Assemblyman Peter Lopez, R-Schoharie, and 108th District Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin, R-Melrose, as well as Greene County town supervisors and village mayors. WGXC will air a live FM broadcast and internet web stream of the meeting.

The meeting will discuss New York legislative proposals for a call for a full state takeover of local government Medicaid costs; adequate funding provided by the state for family services and child care assistance programs due to increased caseloads; reform to the youth detention program that will reduce the counties’ costs for maintaining empty or low-population facilities and provide incentive to local governments for alternatives to incarceration; the provision of adequate funding to administer food stamp and safety net programs; development of “predictable and stable” child care funding streams or takeover child care administration; and the maintenance of a “constitutional commitment to health and well being of children” statewide by maintaining current funding levels for child welfare protective and preventive services.