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City council approves sale of two former housing lots amid calls to revise side-lot policy
Summary
The Binghamton City Council voted to authorize the sale of 193 Matthew Street and 31 Travis Avenue under the city’s side-lot program, approving ordinances O25-31 and O25-32 after SEQR negative declarations; each ordinance passed 6-1.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton City Council voted to authorize the sale of two vacant parcels created after demolition, approving ordinances O25-31 (193 Matthew Street) and O25-32 (31 Travis Avenue) following State Environmental Quality Review determinations. Both ordinances passed by 6-1 votes.
The sales were presented under the city’s side-lot program, which makes lots that formerly contained multi-unit structures available to adjacent property owners once buildings are demolished. The council first held SEQR motions and issued negative declarations before voting to adopt each ordinance.
Why it matters: Neighbors said the Matthew Street lot long posed safety and nuisance problems and welcomed the planned yard expansion. Several council members, however, urged the administration to develop a formal protocol for evaluating whether demolished residential sites could be redeveloped for housing before placing them in the side-lot program — a concern members said is heightened by the city's…
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