covid relief bill

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.

New York’s small towns are currently receiving $104 per resident from the Rescue Plan, compared to over $1300 in states with a large unincorporated population.

“I think it’s important for the money to be for all the different points that address human needs."

“That campaign of division and resentment is really toxic to just the everyday functioning of the campus"

No House Republicans voted in favor of the bill.

“The Rebuild Rural America Act would transform the federal government away from being a complicated, siloed and top-down enterprise or bureaucracy, into a more responsive, effective partner for our rural communities."

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – The federal government is directing more than $1 billion worth of COVID relief funding passed earlier this year to offset losses…

"It's not a stimulus bill. It's an emergency survival bill and we're going to fight for more dollars later,."

Their plan is a temporary four month emergency relief package only meant to last from December 1st to March 31st.