City Assessor Snubs Council: Refuses Bipartisan Request to Appear and Answer Questions about Assessment Changes that Save Mayor David Thousands a Year in Property Taxes

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While the local newspaper and TV media outlets* have completely ignored the mounting evidence of improper actions between the City Assessor and Mayor Rich David, City Council members have been quietly continuing the conversation at business meetings and work meetings the last two months. In fact, at the April 15 work session meeting, there was […]

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Parole Injustice (article)

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Article submitted by Judy Arnold. The tide is turning on parole injustice in New York, and the police unions do not like it one bit. In early March, a newspaper article revealed that the New York City Police Benevolent Association was outraged to learn that a secret direct link from their website to the website

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J A I L E D

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I am Jane Jane Doe I am I want a decent bra Correction Officer:  OoooLaLa, she wants a bra, Uppity Woman Jane Doe I am I want a decent bra Correction Officer:  Oooh, a Barbie, Uppity Woman Jane Doe I am I want a decent bra Correction Officer:  So special, Look, a package in the

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City Approves Questionable FEMA Buyout Payments: Owners Paid up to 4x Listed Fair Market Value

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According to a review of city documents by The Bridge, owners of flood-damaged, substandard rental properties in a neighborhood with 62% of residents living at or below poverty (Census, 2013-2017 ACS), received FEMA Buyout payments far in excess of fair market values. In one case, 20 Carroll Street, the FEMA Buyout payment was four times

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Citizen Input Needed on Annual Federal Housing Grants to City of Binghamton

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Each year, the City of Binghamton receives approximately $2 million from HUD through the Community Development Block Grant program, consistently ranked by Republican and Democratic mayors across the country as one of the most important funding sources to support investments in distressed neighborhoods, local housing needs, and nonprofits delivering essential services to our most vulnerable

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A Guide for Zombie Hunters: How to Deal with these Vacant Properties (not flesh-eating deadwalkers)

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I live next door to a zombie, and I worry that trouble is coming this summer. The zombie is a single family residence with three bedrooms and about 1,700 square feet of living space. The owner defaulted on the mortgage a couple years ago, and before he moved to Texas, he offered the house up

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Obituary: Iris Thor

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Iris Thor died on April 2. She was 96 years young. Iris was born in Buffalo, NY and was predeceased by her parents, two brothers and husband Harry A. Thor. Iris graduated in 1948 from the University of Buffalo with a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology. While working toward an M.S.W. and serving the city

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