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“Before, if you walked in Johnson City, you would just hear kids laughing and giggling. Now you don’t hear that. All you hear is construction.”

The city received $1 million from the New York State Attorney General’s office in 2020 to address some of the root causes of homelessness.

The provision increases the time tenants have to decide if they want to renew their lease before a landlord can show their home to other renters.

Since mid-February, Binghamton's code enforcement office and the Broome County Supreme Court have continued to order Ritter to restore water service to the second-floor apartment.

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.

City officials have voiced concerns about state preemption, or that the still will overrule the bill if passed over issues of jurisdiction.

The City of Ithaca has been looking at new requirements for lease renewals. The proposed measure is intended to give renters more time before they must decide whether to stay in their home.

“Even though the funding is on pause, the legal protections remain for folks."

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters Friday that she has not yet determined whether the state will extend the soon-to-expire eviction moratorium. Some housing advocates are disappointed the governor failed to address the moratorium in her State of the State agenda.

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.