County executive apologizes for I-Square controversy

Andrea Deckert//May 24, 2016//

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo apologized to the community, members of the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency and the developers of I-Square in Irondequoit at a press conference Tuesday morning.

She also said safeguards would be put in place to help keep issues like this from happening again.

The press conference centered on a matter earlier this year that involved COMIDA and the I-Square project.

The I-Square project had first come under fire from Monroe County Republican Chairman William Reilich, who had said the project was in default of its tax agreement with COMIDA.

He claimed the issue was due to a lack of leadership from Adam Bello, Irondequoit town supervisor, who had been picked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to serve as Monroe County clerk.

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Also questioned was how Reilich obtained the information related to the project. It was later determined that now-former Deputy County Executive Justin Roj was the source of the leaked information.

Michael and Wendy Nolan, the I-Square developers, have blasted COMIDA and the county for releasing information they said was not true. It was later determined they were not in default with I-Square.

The controversy led to the recent resignation of Theresa Mazzullo, who served as COMIDA chairman, as well as three other board members.