Counties in New York will get more help in the fight against Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

Today Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new law that boots state payments to counties, including Oswego, to help in the fight against EEE, West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases.

The new law provides up to $100,000 in additional state reimbursement for aerial mosquito control spraying over state land. That means counties will be reimbursed 100-percent for any spraying as long as it is on state land. Right now, the state only reimburses counties for about half the cost of mosquito treatments, and only if the state Health Commissioner declares "an imminent threat to public health."

Earlier this month, Oswego County sprayed the Big Bay and Toad Harbor swamp areas for mosquitoes