The Ontario County Sheriffs Office has confirmed the County Clerk is dead.
Matthew Hoose was found dead in a home in the Town of Canandaigua this morning.
It comes less than a week after the County Board of Supervisors voted "no confidence" in Hoose.
They said he had fallen severely behind in reports and payments to state agencies, and had ordered a forensic audit of 5 bank accounts he controlled solely.
From Ontario County officials:
It is with sympathy that Ontario County has confirmed that the County Clerk, Matthew Hoose, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The County will have no further comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his entire family. We ask that the privacy of his family be respected.