TIOGA COUNTY, N.Y. (WENY) -- Tioga County, New York, continues to extend its five-day State of Emergency order regarding the potential of migrants being relocated to the area. The county’s Legislative Chairwoman Martha Sauerbrey has issued and extended the local emergency order, weekly, since May. 

The county said the order is in response to New York City’s efforts to relocate migrants and people in need of housing to Upstate communities. Chairwoman Sauerbrey said Tioga County does not have the resources to support and influx of people. 

Back in May, several local counties issued similar orders but have all since dropped them. In June, New York City Mayor Eric Adams filed a suit against more than 30 counties in Upstate New York that issued State of Emergency orders, calling them unlawful. 

WENY News reached out to the Tioga County Legislature twice today to ask Chairwoman Sauerbrey why the order continues to be extended, when to date, no known migrants have been relocated to the county, and why it remains in place when other neighboring counties have dropped the order. WENY News was told Sauerbrey was in the office and would not be making a comment on the matter.

Read the Local Emergency Order for Tioga County below