BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- The decision to not vote on a resolution to accept state funding for treatment services at the former Broome Developmental Center has some legislators feeling left without a voice.

Earlier this month, the state sent a funding award for up to $1.5 million in base aid, and up to $1.2 million in startup costs. But on Friday, Chairman Dan Reynolds chose not to put that resolution on the calendar for the upcoming December session.

He says there was no study or needs assessment conducted on the project, and he plans to hold a committee-of-the-whole meeting before considering the resolution.

The Democratic minority leader of the legislature, Mark Whalen, says the clock is ticking.

"Every month that we wait, five people are dying of heroin and fentanyl overdoses. We need to deal with it now," Whalen said. "We need to look at it, ask our questions, because we all have questions about how it's going to operate, but let’s at least look at it, ask our questions and move forward with this."

The center had been slated to begin offering treatment services at the beginning of next year.