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Selected Highlights For Rochester – Finger Lakes

Total NYS School Aid to Rochester-Finger Lakes school districts will increase from $1.5 billion in 2007-08 to $1.6 in 2008-09, an increase of $133.3 million or 8.6%.
Total STAR property tax relief to the residents of the Rochester-Finger Lakes region will increase from $352.8 million in 2007-08 to $368.7 million in 2008-09, an increase of $15.9 million or 4.5%.
Total Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding for the Rochester-Finger Lakes region will increase from $99.1 million in 2007-08 to $111.1 million in 2008-09, an increase of $12.0 million or 12.1%.
Total Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding for the City of Geneva will increase by $138,024 or 7% to $2.1 million in 2008-09.
Total Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding for the City of Ithaca will increase by $245,963 or 9.5% to $2.8 million in 2008-09.

Total NYS School Aid to Monroe County school districts will increase from $848.8 million in 2007-08 to $930.6 in 2008-09, an increase of $81.8 or 9.6%.
Total STAR property tax relief to Monroe County residents will increase from $203.7 in 2007-08 to $216.6 million in 2008-09, an increase of $12.8 million or 5.9%.
Total Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding for Monroe County residents will increase from $84.8 million in 2007-08 to $95.1 million in 2008-09, an increase of $11.1 million or 13.1%.
Projected savings for Monroe County for the Medicaid Cap and State takeover of Family Health Plus will total $9.0 million in 2008-09.
$55 million will be provided to remediate and demolish Midtown Plaza, as part of the Executive Budget’s City-by-City Fund. The telecommunications firm PAETEC will then construct a new world headquarters on a portion of the property, bringing an expected 1,000 jobs to downtown Rochester.
$25 million will be provided to create a major research center at the University of Rochester, as part of the Executive Budget’s City-by-City Fund. This money will be used toward the construction of a 150,000-square-foot building, which will be the home of the University’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Projected savings for Seneca County for the Medicaid Cap and State takeover of Family Health Plus will total $1.4 million in 2008-09.
$431,000 for capital improvements at Cayuga Lake State Park.
$200,000 for capital improvements at Seneca Lake State Park (also partially located in Ontario County).

Projected savings for Cayuga County for the Medicaid Cap and State takeover of Family Health Plus will total $3.1 million in 2008-09.
$200,000 for capital improvements at Fairhaven Beach State Park.
The Auburn Residential Center youth facility in Auburn will close in January 2008. This will produce savings of $374,000 in 2008-09 and $1.8 million in 2009-10.

Projected savings for Tompkins County for the Medicaid Cap and State takeover of Family Health Plus will total $3.1 million in 2008-09.
$75,000 for capital improvements at Allan H. Treman State Park.
$150,000 for capital improvements at Black Diamond Trail.
$150,000 for capital improvements at Buttermilk Falls State Park.
$550,000 for capital improvements at Taughannock Falls State Park.
$100,000 for capital improvements at Robert Treman State Park.
Lansing Residential Center youth facility in Lansing will be downsizing from 100-bed facility to a 50-bed facility. This will save $439,000 in 2008-09 and $2.1 million in 2009-10.

Projected savings for Ontario County for the Medicaid Cap and State takeover of Family Health Plus will total $3.5 million in 2008-09.
$50,000 for capital improvements at Honeoye Lake State Park.
$100,000 for capital improvements at Sampson State Park.
$1.8 million for Sonnenberg Gardens State Park.

Total NYS School Aid to the City of Rochester school districts will increase from $411.7 in 2007-08 to $447.4 in 2008-09, an increase of 35.6 million or 8.6%.
Total Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding for the City of Rochester will increase from $81.2 million in 2007-08 to $92.2 million in 2008-09, an increase of $10.9 million or 13.5%.
Allows the City of Rochester to install up to 50 “red light cameras” that document traffic violations. These devices will help improve roadway safety and are projected to produce $3.5 million in additional revenue for the city.

COUNTIES INCLUDE: ORLEANS, MONROE, LIVINGSTON, ONTARIO, WAYNE, YATES, SENECA, SCHUYLER, CAYUGA, TOMPKINS