Livingston Co. not rural according to Gov

News to anyone living north of Henrietta

NYS Assemblyman Joe Errigo (R-130) is taking issue with a component of a gas card program for the unemployed being laid out by Governor David Paterson.

The program would assist in covering travel expenses for those seeking employment.  Errigo faults the Governor for not including Livingston and Monroe counties in the program.  The two counties were excluded for not being “rural” according to the program’s standards.

Errigo also states that the program as it now exists would be extremely susceptible to fraud due to lack of, if any, oversight of the actual uses of the cards.