VoteGriffo.com | About Joe Griffo

	Biography \| Accomplishments \| Community Minded \| Recognition
	Joe Griffo is well known for his unwavering stand on reducing spending and for providing tax relief to his constituents.
	•	In one of his first acts as County Executive, Griffo cut $2.3 million from the County Budget.
	•	Despite shrinking state aid during the early 1990s and the potentially devastating loss of thousands of jobs with the realignment of Griffiss Air Force Base, Griffo has produced eight city budgets which did not increase taxes and two budgets which actually decreased Rome’s property taxes.
	•	Recognized regionally and nationally as a leader in the revitalization of brownfields (the reuse of former heavy industry sites), including the cleanup of Rome’s General Cable site as well as his work to reuse the former Griffiss Air Force Base; his work in this field earned him a trip to the White House where Rome was acknowledged as a leader in brownfield redevelopment;
	•	Griffo is also known for his work in crime prevention. Rome has continually ranked among the safest cities in the United States according to statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during Griffo’s tenure. His Public Nuisance Law has become a model for communities across the state and nation; his efforts and demonstrated success in crime prevention earned him an invitation to the president’s signing ceremony of the Omnibus Crime Bill which created the COPS Program;
	•	He has an outstanding record of securing funding through grants, or additional state or federal aid, which has translated into an expanded police force, the elimination of much of the city’s previous debt, the privatization of Rome Hospital, the COPS MORE and COPS FAST grants which have put more police officers on Rome streets, and into the creation of hundreds of jobs in the region.