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Six Restore NY Applications Submitted from Broome County Governments: Here’s a List of the Vacant Properties Prioritized and Proposed Projects

By Tarik Abdelazim / September 16, 2022

As reported here in June, New York leaders supercharged its most successful blight elimination grant program, Restore NY, with a $250 million allocation in the state’s 2022-2023 budget. The Restore NY program is managed by Empire State Development (ESD), the state’s economic development agency. ESD announced this summer that the $250 million in Restore NY […]

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Broome Dems and Citizen Action Launch Broome Blight Busters: Time to “Fight the Blight”

Democratic Legislators Jason Garnar and Colleen McCabe, in partnership with local officials and community groups, are each hosting district meetings to talk with constituents about the pressing challenge of blighted properties, and to share information about new funding and a civic reporting tool that could help local and county officials wage a more aggressive fight against blight.