The battle of words between leaders in Broome County and New York City continues.

Bickering stems from a downstate program for the homeless called SOTA.

Southern Tier leaders said SOTA helps relocate homeless individuals in New York City to other areas of the state, paying a years’ worth of their rent.

In Broome County, leaders said the initative is putting stress on the county's taxpayers.

The Commissioner of Social Services in New York City wrote back, saying they will not stop the program because they cannot control when a family wants to relocate.

"So at this point we believe we're going to have to take some type of legal action to stop this because we really do think in addition to it being a very bad police and very bad for people that need help, we think this is illegal,” said Broome County Executive Jason Garnar.

Garnar now says at least six families have come up from New York City through SOTA.

He wants the city to compensate them for the costs of the program.