Sullivan County and its new operating consultant for the Care Center at Sunset Lake, Infinite Care Management, have agreed to a deal to pay $226,000 in school taxes due on the care center property for 2021. more

MONTICELLO, NY – Sullivan County District 5 Legislator George Conklin III released the following statement on September 8. more

ARPA funds could have helped the community The U.S. Treasury awarded Sullivan County $14,000,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds. The county received $7,000,000 this year and will receive $7,000,000 in … more

Voter suppression efforts across the country have received much attention in the media, but on the local level we must be vigilant, too. On April 23, 2021, there was a special meeting of the … more

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Maybe it was the intense focus on local needs, or maybe it was that they had experience dealing with Medicaid patients. Maybe it was the in-person visits that some legislators paid to their facilities. more

“Today several of my fellow legislators and I met with members of the Sullivan County Visitors Association’s (SCVA’s) Executive Board. It was a productive and frank meeting, one we look forward to continuing with them this Tuesday, February 2. more

 The Sunset Lake Local Development Corporation (LDC) Board sent the Sullivan County Legislature a list of three recommended companies to operate the Care Center at Sunset Lake (the Sullivan County Adult Care Center) and the Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), both based in Liberty.   Monticello, NY – The Sunset Lake Local Development Corporation (LDC) Board today sent the Sullivan County … more

Peaceful protests are an American right and tradition. But once a protest crosses over into chaos or violence, it loses its credibility and reason for being. more

MONTICELLO, NY — A week after legislators learned Sullivan County’s ambitious wireless broadband project could reach up to 60% of the local population using current technology, the … more

By an 8-1 vote, legislators today agreed to transfer the Care Center at Sunset Lake to the Sunset Lake Local Development Corporation (LDC), the first step in a process to lease the 146-bed long-term care and short-term rehabilitation facility to a private operator while retaining county control and oversight. District 6 Legislator Luis Alvarez cast the dissenting vote. more

Not that long ago, said Dr. Paul Salzberg, Sullivan County was praising the caregivers and administration at the Care Center at Sunset Lake. They’d worked hard, double shifts, through the pandemic, taking care of the county’s elderly and disabled.  more