LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the New York State Urban Development

Corporation, doing business as Empire State Development (“ESD” or the “Corporation”),

pursuant to Section 16(2) of the New York State Urban Development

Corporation Act (Chapter 174,

Section 1, Laws of 1968, as amended) (the “Act”), has adopted a General Project Plan (the “Plan”) with respect to the project listed below.

Copies of the Plan(s) are available without charge to any person who shall make a

request.

The Corporation will file such Plan(s) in the office of the County Clerk of each Project location. A copy of the Plan is also on file at the principal office of the Corporation, 655 Third

Avenue, New York, New York 10017, and is available for inspection by request. Send email

requests to: Land

gprojectcomments

@esd.ny.gov Subject: Plan – Allegany County Municipal Broadband – Regional Council Capital Fund (Capital Grant). Information regarding the Project is also provided below with the project listing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that, a virtual public hearing to consider the Plan(s), open to all persons, will be held remotely by the Corporation on Monday, April 20, 2026, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm utilizing the Zoom video communications and teleconferencing platform. Detailed instructions for participation in the virtual hearing can be viewed at https://esd.ny.gov/

esd-media-center/

public-notices.

Additionally, the public is given an opportunity to

comment on the Project(s) by submitting comments electronically to Landgproject

comments@esd.ny.gov Subject: Comment – Allegany County Municipal Broadband – Regional Council Capital Fund (Capital Grant) by 5:30pm on Monday, April 20, 2026.

Allegany County Municipal Broadband – Regional Council Capital Fund (Capital Grant) – Western New York Region – ESD proposes to make a grant of $10,034,234.05 for construction of fiber broadband

services in Allegany County. Total project cost is $10,034,234.05. There are no direct jobs associated with the project.

DATED: April 7, 2026

New York, New York

New York State Urban

Development

Corporation

By: Deborah Royce, Corporate

Secretary