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Council rejects mayor’s Broome County Land Bank ARPA plan after heated debate over $386,749
Summary
The council debated alternative uses for $386,749 in ARPA funds — the mayor's proposal to contract with the Broome County Land Bank versus a Southern Door Community Land Trust request — and voted down the resolution to authorize the county land bank contract.
The Binghamton City Council debated an urgent year‑end allocation of $386,749 in American Rescue Plan Act funds on Dec. 18 and ultimately rejected a resolution that would have authorized the mayor to enter an agreement with the Broome County Land Bank.
The funds were described by Southern Door Community Land Trust executive director Hajj Aziz as newly available and, he said, were offered to the county land bank before the city council or other local nonprofits were fully notified. “How does nearly $400,000 slip through the cracks?” Aziz asked,…
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