Broome County NY

Households must report the loss to their county Department of Social Services within 10 days of losing power.

“There is a dry ice shortage, so we're fighting through that as well,” Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said. “We're doing everything we can to get extra dry ice.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the storm affected 11 counties, from the Southern Tier to the North Country.

Broome County is in a State of Emergency, as an April storm has dropped over a foot of snow and left thousands without power.

The Southern Door Community Land Trust will use the grant to retrofit current and future homes with green energy appliances, in an effort to reduce energy costs.

Elected officials in Broome County say they are ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees.

While the number of eviction cases heard in courts has increased, the number of people displaced has not reached the level housing services providers expected.

Communities across New York are strategizing ways to keep residents in quality housing. In Broome County, that effort has taken the form of a housing trust fund.

Thousands of cars lined the streets leading into Otsiningo Park on Wednesday. County officials had set up a drive-thru site to distribute 10,000 at-home COVID tests.

“It's an effort to say, ‘What are the actual needs that we're seeing in the community, and what are innovative ways that we can address them?’”