Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

The Vestal Town Board is considering contracting with Broome County for tax collection services. The board has put out a survey to residents to get input on the potential change, and is holding a special meeting to discuss it on Wednesday.

On Election Day, Binghamton voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposal to change the way the city's Human Rights Commission functions.

Molinaro did not concede the race on election night, arguing there were still affidavit and absentee ballots to be counted in the close race. He announced his concession Tuesday, a week later.

Rathmell plans to reduce food insecurity and improve access to mental health care. She also wants to increase affordable housing units and reform the city’s housing code enforcement system.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited Binghamton University on Monday, highlighting a Department of Defense scholarship program, which offers college tuition to students who join the country's cybersecurity workforce.

The spending plan includes raises for county employees, investments in infrastructure, and a $5 million economic development and housing fund, meant to support local projects.

Omer Neutra deferred his enrollment at Binghamton University to join the Israel Defense Forces. He was believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas.

Binghamton residents will vote Tuesday on a referendum allowing the city school district to move forward with a $56-million capital project to renovate Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School on the city's North Side.

The law puts a limit to how much landlords can raise rent at one time. It also limits the reasons a landlord could refuse to renew a tenant’s lease.

The group gathered in downtown Binghamton, handing out hot food, warm clothes, and harm reduction supplies like fentanyl test strips and the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.