Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Martin has served as clerk for the Broome County Legislature for the past 14 years. Former Binghamton Mayor Rich David, a Republican, announced his candidacy for county clerk last month. Democrat Nick Libous also recently filed to enter the race.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump suspended the country's refugee resettlement program. That’s left local organizations that help refugees, like the American Civic Association in Binghamton, unable to help resettle any new refugees or access federal funding to support refugees already here.

The Graduate Student Employees Union, which represents all teaching and graduate assistants at SUNY campuses, has been negotiating a new contract for over a year.

David, a Republican, served as mayor of Binghamton for two terms until 2021, when he was term-limited. Democrat Nick Libous, son of the late Republican New York State Senator Thomas Libous, has also filed to run for the position.

Binghamton could become the next upstate New York municipality to opt in to New York’s "good cause eviction" law. On Wednesday, the city council voted to hold over the legislation to opt into the rental protections until its next business meeting February 12.

Democratic Binghamton City Council Member Olamni Porter resigned this month after a year in the position. Porter said he is leaving, in part, because of friction between the council and the mayor.

Homelessness rates have increased by almost 200 percent in New York's Southern Tier over the past 15 years. A new team of outreach workers is trying to support people who live outside in the mostly rural region.

Officials say the demolition of the IBM buildings, which have been vacant and dilapidated for years, marks the end of an era for the Broome County village.

The Binghamton City Council voted unanimously to approve the zoning reform legislation Wednesday. In recent years, cities across the country have implemented zoning reform to ease restrictions on housing development.

Housing advocates and organizers gathered in downtown Binghamton Saturday, handing out hot food, warm clothes, and harm reduction supplies like fentanyl test strips and the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.