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Republican incumbent Jared Kraham will debate Democratic challenger Miles Burnett in a live debate moderated by WSKG’s Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo and Celia Clarke on October 15.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham added that ICE recruiting could harm local policing. The federal immigration agency plans to hire 10,000 new agents by offering large signing bonuses and benefits.

Mayor Jared Kraham, a Republican, said the newly released budget recommendations would cut over $3 million from the city’s federal grant funding.

Kraham, a Republican, was first elected in 2021, after serving as deputy mayor for eight years under former Mayor Rich David. He is being challenged by Democrat Miles Burnett, who launched his campaign last month.

Burnett previously worked as deputy chief of staff for Democratic state Sen. Lea Webb, whose district includes Binghamton. He is the first candidate this year to publicly announce a run for mayor.

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.

The ballot proposal will change the way members are appointed to the commission. The commission is meant to investigate claims of discrimination in the city, but it has been sitting empty since 2016.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham said the city’s population grew for the first time this year since 1950.

The report from the New York attorney general’s office recommended disciplinary action for a Binghamton police officer who knelt on a man’s neck for over a minute during an arrest in January 2023. Attorneys for the city called the investigation a “one-sided narrative with tunnel vision.”

Mayor Jared Kraham wants to use a hotel occupancy tax to pay for the Mirabito baseball stadium. But some city council members are pushing back on the proposal.