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Companies applying for city contracts would be required to fill out a questionnaire detailing their history as a contractor.

The resolution would have urged Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham to respond to findings that a city police officer used excessive force during an arrest in 2023. It failed by a vote of 4-3.

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.

After a contentious public comment period that lasted over two hours, the Binghamton City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced Tuesday he will not be taking any further legal action against the city council, after members voted unanimously to appoint Republican Mike Kosty to the contested 6th District seat.

But the appointment of Mike Kosty to the seat is not what the Broome County Republican Committee wanted. Republican Mayor Jared Kraham is threatening legal action against the city council for the move.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham, a Republican, and the Democrat-led city council both argued they had the authority to fill the 6th District council seat after a tied race in November. In his decision Tuesday, Justice Joseph McBride said Republican Phillip Strawn should be appointed to the seat as a "holdover" council member.

A Binghamton resident proposed legislation to the city council Monday that would put a voter referendum on the November ballot to disband the city's police department. The proposal is the first time this new council has heard legislation proposed by a constituent, and it's prompted outrage from local Republicans.

Mayor Jared Kraham filed a lawsuit this week requesting an injunction against the city council's appointment of Democrat Rebecca Rathmell. It's the latest development in a drawn-out debate over which branch of city government has the legal authority to fill the 6th District city council seat.

Amid a continued dispute over Binghamton’s 6th District city council seat, council members appointed and swore in Democrat Rebecca Rathmell during a special meeting Friday. Just a day before, Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham swore in incumbent Republican Council Member Phillip Strawn to the same seat.