Steuben/Yates, Etc. Are Under A Flood Watch/Flash Flood Warning 
The National Weather Service says Steuben/Yates/Schuyler and other counties are under 
a flash flood warning until 7:30pm tonight.  

FROM STEUBEN CO EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR TIM MARSHALL: 

ACTIVE FLOODING – NON-ESSENTIAL travel advisory

Steuben County reports that due to excessive rainfall, multiple State, County, and Local roads are impassable.  Flooding is affecting roadways in the Towns of Dansville, Fremont, Cohocton, Avoca, Wheeler, Prattsburgh, Urbana, Pulteney and Wayne.  First responders and highway crews are assessing damages and responding to various emergency calls.

 

Steuben County Office of Emergency Services is strongly advising that residents avoid non-essential travel.  Help us keep the roads clear for responders to operate.  Call 911 ONLY for Emergencies.  Report wire calls to your local utility.  Additional flooding may occur overnight as additional rains fall.

Turn around, don’t drown!

 

More below. FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung- Tompkins-Madison-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware- Including the cities of Penn Yan, Ithaca, Hornell, Cortland, Delhi, Watkins Glen, Walton, Elmira, Hamilton, Oneonta, Owego, Syracuse, Norwich, Auburn, Waverly, Oneida, Binghamton, Seneca Falls, and Corning...1137 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...A portion of central New York, including the following areas, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Onondaga, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Southern Cayuga, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Yates. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

 

Upcoming 150th Anniversary In Hammondsport

Mark your calendars to celebrate our library's 150th birthday! The Fred and Harriett Taylor Memorial Library celebration is April 25.  Please join us on Saturday, April 25th from Noon-2pm for a Celebration of 150 years of our wonderful community & your public library!

 

Local Road/Street Work 

Road work is going on up in Dundee.  That’s on Route 14A.  Officials say if you’re driving through the construction area on 14A, to drive slowly and safely.  The work in Dundee is expected to be finished in the fall of this year.  There is also road work happening on Route 36 between Hornell and Arkport.   The Route 36 Corridor Project as it’s called, will take a year and a half to complete.  That’s in addition to the Route 77 bridge work in Prattsburgh and the street work in Bath.  Bath Mayor Michael Sweet says there will be working coming up sometime this year on the State Routes that run through the village of Bath and he says, it will be utility line replacement work.  Sweet also says that will take about two years to do.

 

What To Do About The Tier 6 Plan

Tier 6 is the state retirement plan, passed in 2012, which is unpopular with some state workers.  The state association of counties and the state conference of mayors put out a joint statement saying that if the state legislature makes changes to what’s known as the Tier 6 retirement system – that the state should not put the costs of those changes on to counties, cities, villages and towns.  NYSAC and NYCOM, as well as NYSAT all say the state needs to pay the state retirements, not municipalities.