This is a summary of legislation discussed at the Binghamton City Council Work Session on April 8th, 2024. These Requests for Legislation would be voted on at the City Council Business Meeting on April 24th. Agenda Packet Video RL24-67 A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into agreement No. 2 with GHD for CSO-LTCP Post […]
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This is a summary of legislation voted on at the 3/27/24 Binghamton City Council Business Meeting. Plus local news! I usually post these on Reddit at r/Binghamton as well, but I was banned from the subreddit and called antisemitic just for supporting a Ceasefire in Gaza. I’ll now be posting recaps in the subrreddit r/BinghamtonLeft
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This is a summary of legislation discussed at the Binghamton City Council Work Session on March 25th, 2024. These Requests for Legislation would be voted on at the City Council Business Meeting on April 10th. There is now a different Republican on the city council. Video Agenda Packet RL24-64 A Resolution to adopt an ethics
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A brutal avant-garde exhibition by Benjamin Stone and Tomonari Nishikawa. Exhibition April 5th. 5PM open, 6-7pm Performance HCS – Spooky Action 1803 Castle Gardens Road, Vestal, NY
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This is a summary of legislation voted on at the 3/13/24 Binghamton City Council Business Meeting. Plus local news! Video Agenda Packet APPOINTMENTS 1. Commission on the Conservation of the Environment Chair – Luke Day (proposed by Hotchkiss) – Approved 7-0 2. Planning Commission – Kyle Nedlick (Proposed by the mayor) – Approved 5-2 (Porter,
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This is a summary of legislation discussed at the Binghamton City Council Work Session on March 11th, 2024. These Requests for Legislation would be voted on at the City Council Business Meeting on March 27th. Video Agenda Packet RL24-47 Amend the 2024 Parks budget to pay a responsibility adjustment to Acting Parks Commissioner until 4/21/2024
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This is a summary of legislation voted on at the 2/28/24 Binghamton City Council Business Meeting. I’ll be using the second half of these Business Meeting recaps to highlight some recent city government press releases, which are mostly printed word for word with no scrutiny or contrasting viewpoints by local news outlets. Journalism as a
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Binghamton finally has a city council that will listen to the community. My new year’s resolution was to start going to every meeting and it’s mostly been me and 5-10 other people in attendance, sometimes less. These recaps are meant to inform and encourage discussion online and in-person at City Council public comment sessions (every
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At a special board meeting this Friday, September 29, of the Water Street Development Corporation (WSDC), a shell entity created by the Kraham administration to move forward the controversial Water Street Parking Garage project, two very important things happened. First, WSDC Board Member and former Mayor Rich David tore into the school board and local
As a resident and taxpayer, I submitted the following letter to Binghamton City Council to be read into the record during the Public Comment section of the July 26, 2023 City Council Business Meeting. July 26, 2023 Dear Council members, I think it’s appropriate we all reflect on the unanimous decision by the Binghamton City