NORWICH – Promised New York State funds that would pay for some of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee costs haven’t come in yet, but the county’s public works director said he’s certain they will.

Usually the Federal Emergency Management Agency pays for 75 percent of costs associated with emergency recovery, with local and state governments splitting the remaining 25 percent. Under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s direction, the state will pick up the local share for most eligible expenses. In Chenango County, the amount expected is $1.57 million.

Chenango County Department of Public Works Director Shawn Fry said the county was beginning to see the federal government’s share coming in. FEMA is reimbursing between $2.5 and $3 million worth of the county’s repairs.

But nothing has arrived from New York yet.