Welcome to Local Government Services (original) (raw)
Welcome to the Division of Local Government Services
One of the primary functions of the Department of State is to help local governments run more efficiently. Through its Division of Local Government Services, the Department acts as a key partner with local government leaders to foster cooperative and collaborative solutions to the challenges they face. We also provide technical and financial assistance to local governments to improve the delivery of municipal services through the Local Government Efficiency (LGE) Program.
LGE grants help municipalities study whether it is efficient to dissolve a village or merge two neighboring police departments, and the grants also fund implementation of these programs, pending the results of the studies. Overall, this program has been a great success and is expected to create more than 418millioninsavingstotaxpayersfromastateinvestmentof418 million in savings to taxpayers from a state investment of 418millioninsavingstotaxpayersfromastateinvestmentof45 million in 274 shared services and consolidation projects.
Read more about the Department’s recent local government and shared services programs and grants here.(pdf)
Read the full report about how the Department of State is creating a safer, more prosperous and more efficient New York here. (pdf)