A decree has been published that abolishes the honorary vice consulate in Buffalo, USA. The decree also includes a change in the territorial jurisdiction of the honorary consulate in Rochester. The decree consists of two articles: the first abolishes the honorary office that was under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in New York.

The second lists the counties that, following the abolition, are now part of the territorial jurisdiction of the honorary consulate in Rochester, which will now also cover Italian nationals residing in the counties of Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, Seneca, Livingston, Steuben, Ontario, Yates, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Tioga, Cortland, Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, Orleans, and Cattaraugus.