COVID Relief

"There are only so many projects that we can take on," Talbot said. "[Tompkins and Cortland counties] do not have deep pockets, neither one of you."

The next COVID-19 relief package may replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which helped restaurants that were suffering due to the pandemic.

School districts got a big lifeline during the pandemic — an influx of federal COVID aid and more state aid.

The mayor’s office urged residents to call the 211 helpline to start an application.

The Binghamton City Council voted Tuesday to earmark $3 million for renovations at the Town and Country Apartments, which serves low-income residents on the city's North Side. But the decision has faced pushback.

Federal funding is on the way to New York homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure.

Many school district leaders have a dilemma — they have all this federal money, but they can't use it to hire the teachers and staff they need.