Broome County to sell 14 properties to fight blight in Binghamton

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says that Broome County will sell 14 “blighted” county-owned properties to the City of Binghamton and the Broome County Land Bank.

Those properties will either be demolished and/or renovated.

Broome County is calling it “the latest step” to work with the City of Binghamton and Land Bank to “assist in the elimination of blight in the city,” per a news release.

“The days of selling properties at auction that really should be demolished are over. Broome County is continuing to work with our municipalities to sell [the] properties for demolition purposes so they can improve their neighborhoods for their residents,” Garnar said. “Moving forward, we are closely evaluating the foreclosure auction process and working with our new safe housing task force to make that process even better.”

The Broome County Legislature unanimously approved the resolution for the sale in its October session.

The properties

Broome County plans to sell nine properties to the City of Binghamton for $1,000 for eventual demolition. They include: 

4 Amsbry St.

56 Holland St.

19 Franklin St.

26 Lyons St.

164 Murray St.

5 Crandall St.

86 Pine St.

13 Vine St.

15 Delavan Ave.

In addition, Broome County will also sell 11 vacant land plots to the City of Binghamton for $1 each.

At the same time, the county will sell five properties to the Broome County Land Bank for rehabilitation or demolition.

1223 Vestal Ave.

21 Milford St.

32 Hayes St.

3 King Ave.

76 Park Ave.

In addition, Broome County will also sell a county-owned property at 40 Fayette St. in Binghamton to 203 Court Street LLC.

This property is adjacent to the Binghamton Veterans Administration (VA) outpatient clinic. The new owners plan to demolish the building at 40 Fayette St. to use it for parking for veterans visiting the VA clinic, per the release.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com