MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Orange County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) CEO Bill Fioravanti has responded to criticism from the state monitor and said the new powers granted to the independent official will change how his agency operates.
Fioravanti spoke to The Epoch Times on May 29 about allegations against OCIDA leveled by State Sen. James Skoufis and the state-appointed monitor of the agency, Brian Sanvidge, and how the expanded powers of the monitor position will affect the agency.
The state-appointed monitor position for the OCIDA was recently extended for an additional three years and given greater powers over the agency.
Skoufis, as well as state Assemblymembers Jonathan Jacobson and Chris Eachus, announced during a May 22 press conference that the extension for the monitor position had been passed in a budget bill the day before….