Dustin Czarny, a democratic commissioner, said they desperately need federal funds to pay for the mail-in method. “We’re talking about 26,000 absentees in the primary, and about 150,000 absentees for the general election,” said Czarny. “This is a cost-factor local counties can’t absorb on their own.”
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/mail-in-voting-are-election-officials-ready-for-november
Dustin M. Czarny 