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From YouTube: 2022.09.21 City Council Business Meeting
Description
Contents
00:00 Call to Order
02:20 Set Public Hearings
10:10 Public Comments - Solak
15:44 Public Comments - Abdelazim
22:00 IO22-128
22:30 IO22-129
22:50 IO22-130
23:10 IO22-131
23:34 IO22-132
23:38 IO22-134
24:20 IR22-77
25:45 IO22-127
28:30 IO22-133
31:00 Communications from Council Members
A
C
Good
evening,
everyone
welcome
to
the
city
of
Binghamton
city
council,
business
meeting
for
Wednesday
September
21st
2022,
just
a
quick
apology
to
everybody
that
came.
We
were
we
had
a
Joint
Sewer
budget
meeting
that
went
over
a
few
minutes,
so
I
apologize
for
that.
We
try
not
to
do
that,
but
I
am
happy
that
we're
back
live
and
we
have
people
here.
Welcome
and
I'd
ask
everybody
to
stand
for
the
pledge.
Please.
C
D
Yes,
councilman
scaringy
is
on
military
leave.
Councilwoman
restaurant
president.
D
Friedman
is
absent:
councilman
Burns,
president
councilman
Scanlon
president
and
president
strong
president.
C
C
Okay
and
now,
as
for
the
approval
of
minutes
Council,
one
resinity.
F
Mr
President
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
September
7th
2022
business
meeting
and
the
September
15
2022
special
business
meeting.
B
C
All
in
favor
aye,
wanna,
post,
okay,
thank
you
very
much.
We
now
need
to
set
some
public
hearings
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
our
clerk
Mr
Rogers.
D
D
That
public
hearing
will
take
place
at
the
next
business
meeting
at
6
pm
here
in
city
council
chambers,
in
person
on
October
6th,
there's
three
more
public
hearings
here.
The
second
one
is
regarding
RL
22-216,
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
410
of
the
code
importance's
zoning
to
address
student
housing.
E
Thank
you
because
of
the
nature
of
a
couple
of
these
public
hearings
and
because
we
want
to
ensure
we
have
enough
time
to
conduct
the
business
of
council
with
this
body
be
opposed
to
dividing.
So
we
have
two
public
hearings
on
the
sick
and
then
two
public
hearing
the
following
business
meeting
date.
E
Perhaps
we
can
move
public
hearing
number
one
and
public
hearing
number
two
to
the
the
second,
not
the
next
business
meeting,
but
the
second
business
meeting
again,
we've
never
had
four
public
hearings
in
one
night
and
depending
upon
the
nature
of
the
public
comments
and
how
supportive
they
are
I
would
like
to
provide
the
maximum
amount
of
time
by
dividing
them
out.
Thank
you.
F
E
Because
we
have
four
on
one
night,
we
also
it
is
post
a
holiday
I.
Just
think
because
of
the
nature
of
two
of
the
hearings
that
we're
going
to
discuss,
which
we've
already
heard,
may
take
several
hours
for
us
to
hear,
which.
E
The
ordinance
regarding
cannabis,
related
businesses
in
certain
zones,
as
well
as
the
ordinance
to
amend
the
code
of
ordinance,
zoning
to
address
student
housing,
one
and
two
now
the
ones
related
to
a
grant
funding.
Of
course,
Restore
New
York
should
be
time.
Sensitive,
I'm,
assuming
and
three
I
think
may
not
be
time
sensitive
but
again,
I'm
putting
it
forward
so
that
we
are
able
to
maximize
our
time
and
not
hinder
the
voices
of
our
constituent
by
having
poor
Hearing.
In
the
same
night,
foreign.
G
Can
we
have
a
public
hearing
on
a
day
before
the
we
don't
have
to
have
it
on
the
day
of
the
business
meeting?
Do
we
could
be
bringing
us
in
another
day,
but
we
could
do
two
of
them
on.
C
H
H
H
C
B
C
H
C
Need
up
to
announce
them
all
right?
Let's,
let's
table
that,
and
then
we
will
come
back
to
that.
But
while
we're
still
in
session,
we
will
announce
that
before
the
end
of
the
meeting,
okay,
sorry,
everyone-
we
will
now
move
to
public
comment.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
coming
and
glad
to
have
everybody
back
down
here
and
open
and
and
safe.
So
we
appreciate
that
Mr
clerk
tell
everybody
how
they
can
participate
in
public
comment.
D
I
Action,
roll
it
I
and
John
so,
like
I,
live
in
Bingham.
I
You
know
it's
interesting
how
the
meetings
got
to
be
at
six
o'clock
on
a
Wednesday,
they
or
I,
don't
know:
50
60
70
years
they
used
to
be
on
Monday.
No
city
council
got
wildly
popular
on
cable
television
and
then
one
guy
Bob
wessler
decided
on
the
chance
that
before
an
election,
somebody
would
say
something
and
he
might
take
a
pounding
at
the
polls.
He
he
switched
it.
I
So
it's
interesting,
but
I
I
at
six
o'clock
he's
not
a
citizen-friendly
time
and
don't
you
feel
why
haven't
the
other
municipalities
in
the
area
went
to
six
o'clock?
I
This
is
a
joke.
You're
gonna
pay
out
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
in
settlements.
You
know,
if
you
go.
Look
at
those
books
back
there
you'll
see
in
the
60s
in
the
70s,
the
council
approved
every
settlement.
You
know
500
for
a
slip
and
fall
on
the
ice.
Every
settlement
that
you
know
what
this
these
settlements
are
for,
and
you're
going
to
vote
on
it
right,
you're,
going
to
vote
to
authorize
but
a
money
for
settlements.
But
you
don't
know
what
the
settlements
are:
okay,
Onondaga,
County.
I
I
Ryan
McMahon
Onondaga
County
11
percent
tax,
cut
11
out
of
a
billion
one
budget,
a
hundred
million.
You
want
to
talk
about
economic
stimulus,
you
know,
maybe
you
can
afford
some
Peroni
or
Hennessy
or
build
a
deck.
They're
gonna
fix
the
build.
I
was
at
the
Ida
meeting.
The
Ida
is
a
bad
landlord.
By
the
way
you
talk
about
Andrew
you've
got
this
damage
to
the
front
of
Boscov's.
That's
been
there
since
the
28th
of
August
Stacy
Duncan
indicated
today
that
the
work
will
start
on
October
6th.
I
You've
had
fire
trucks,
you
had
a
fire
call
where
the
the
trucks
responding
had
to
be
told
that,
by
the
way,
that
door
is
sealed,
there's
no
Ingress
and
egress
out
of
it
and
you've
lost
exits
to
the
thing.
So
I
wrote
the
fire
Mark
I.
This
is
a
shutdown
to
me.
This
is
a
condemnation
to
me.
You
can't
possibly
go
to
October's.
Is
there
a
play
glass
shortage?
By
the
way?
Does
anybody
know
you
can't
possibly
allow
October,
6
and
I'm
a
liability
guy?
I
You
know
you
want
to
take
that
risk
fire.
Another,
a
cat,
mass
casualty
event:
you
want
to
risk
20,
40,
100
people's
lives
in
Boscov's,
and
it
looks
terrible.
You
know
lib
is
used
to
Spruce
the
place
up
prior
to
you
know,
no
matter
how
bad
things
were.
You
know,
prior
to
the
kids
coming
in.
You
know
this
college
town,
it's
boarded
up,
it
looks
like
Michigan
Avenue
two
years
ago.
I,
don't
understand
this
I
I,
don't
understand
it.
I
You
know
this.
This
city
used
to
be
a
fastidious
people
that
were
there
now
the
city's
not
collecting
permit
fees.
You
have
a
whole
list
of
permits
in
the
city
Charter
for
events,
and
that
covers
anything.
That's
the
only
exemption
really
is
non-profit
organizations
it
covers
concerts.
It
covers
athletic
events,
anything
with
a
paid
admission
somewhere
along
the
line.
The
city
stopped
collecting
it,
but
you
know-
and
it
doesn't
even
appear
in
the
budget
line
anymore,
but
you
know
what
they
collect.
They
collect
200
from
Laurel
bowling
alley
because.
A
I
The
bowling
alley
guy
is
doing
it
right
he's
getting
a
permit,
he's
the
only
one
out
of
all
the
city
Charter
and
all
those
permits
he's
the
only
guy,
that's
paying
because
the
city,
so
you
know,
I
mean
what
gives
here.
What
what
gives
Can
you
tell
me
how
many
30
seconds
what
have
I
got.
I
Okay,
the
legal
fees
to
Harris
Beach
I,
just
received
the
communication
all
provided
to
Angela
from
the
committee
on
open
government
says
that
you
can't
redact
hourly
legal
fees
or
payments
and
retainers
to
the
attorney.
That's
not
that's!
Not
they
either
side
it
in
with
me
already.
So,
if
you
want
to
litigate
that
we'll
litigate
that
lawyers
are
getting
rich
lawyers
from
Pittsburgh,
Big
Time
law-
and
we
all
know
how
this
works,
there's
a
campaign
contribution
coming
down
the
pike
you
know.
So,
let's
get
on
the
stick.
J
All
right,
Target,
Dallas,
Tremont
Avenue
I,
published
this
article
just
the
other
day
on
binghamtonbridge.org
a
homegrown
Equity
investment
firm
founded
by
a
former
bu
wrestler,
is
quietly
attracting
silent
investors
and
gobbling
up
apartment
buildings
and
two
family
residences
illegally,
displacing
long-term
seniors
and
working
families
and
converting
these
properties.
J
Brock
purchased
the
number
of
rental
properties,
including
all
under
LLC,
so
on
behalf
of
whom
it's
impossible
to
know,
including
101
Murray,
Street,
11,
North,
Street,
97,
Oak
Street
in
the
sixth
floor
apartment
building
at
99,
Oak
Street,
not
surprisingly,
the
purchase
prices
were
significantly
higher
than
our
30
year
old
assessment
system
for
exam
example,
99,
Oak
Street.
The
city
has
assessed
that
two
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars,
but
Brock
and
his
army
of
Silent
investors
purchased
the
apartment
building
for
1.25
million
five
times
the
assessment.
Why?
J
Because
student
housing
in
Binghamton
is
an
extremely
lucrative
Enterprise
thanks
to
inaction
and
complicity
by
local
leaders
over
the
last
eight
years.
This
is
causing
significant
harm
to
our
residents
and
Lasting
damage
to
our
neighborhoods.
According
to
multiple
residents
at
the
Oak
Properties
first-hand
accounts
direct
conversations.
J
Brock
has
sent
a
representative
in
the
last
two
weeks
to
verbally
notify
all
tenants
at
the
Oak
Properties
that
they
must
leave
by
October
17th,
that
is
illegal
in
New
York
state.
An
eviction
of
a
tenant
is
lawful
only
if
an
owner
has
brought
a
court
proceeding
and
attained
a
judgment
of
possession
from
the
court
of
the
four
one-bedroom
units
in
97
Oak
Street
two
are
the
homes
for
seniors
with
serious
mobility
issues
and
have
been
living
there
for
at
least
five
years.
J
All
four
tenants
pay
565
dollars
a
month
in
rent
they've
been
told
they
need
to
vacate
within
30
days
illegally,
see
Brock
and
his
team
have
profit
goals
to
meet.
So
displacement
is
the
top
order
to
allow
for
conversion
into
a
cash
cow
that
generates
Bank
by
the
bed.
This
is
crazy.
Brock's
team
is
already
listing
the
property
at
97.
J
Oak
Street
as
a
six
bedroom
student
rental
property
available,
June
2023,
695
dollars
a
bed,
that's
going
to
please
the
investors
for
sure
they
just
went
from
a
maximum
rental
revenue
of
27
120
a
year
to
over
fifty
thousand
seniors.
Unlimited
incomes
with
serious
mobility
issues
be
damned
the
little
cherry
on
Brock's
Cash
Cow
Sunday,
because
Binghamton
leaders
refused
to
carry
out
a
city-wide
revaluation.
The
tax
bill
for
Brock's
investors
for
97
Oak
Street,
will
be
less
than
half
of
my
property
at
17
Tremont.
J
The
city
has
97
Oak
Street
assessed
at
twenty
four
thousand
twenty
four
thousand.
It's
going
to
generate
more
than
50
000
a
year
after
we
kick
out
these
vulnerable
residents
all
right.
So
here's
the
good
news
since
I
published
this
article.
Those
tenants
have
already
been
visited
by
Brock
and
his
associates
and
said
you
know,
maybe
we're
not
gonna,
maybe
you
don't
have
to
leave
immediately.
J
J
J
The
goal
is
to
increase
transparency,
to
increase
ethics,
to
increase
accountability,
because
when
we
allow
ourselves
to
operate
in
the
shadows,
whether
the
private
sector
or
the
public
sector,
it
is
a
garden
for
corruption,
so
I
am
going
to
introduce
again
a
request
for
legislation,
because
the
form
is
on
the
city.
Clerk's
website
I'll
be
doing
that
and
we'll
see
who
truly
is
committed
to
Ethics
in
Government,
whether
it's
a
campaign
slogan
or
it's
actually
serious.
J
C
H
F
C
D
C
D
C
D
D
D
C
Okay,
Mr
clerk
you've.
We
have
a
roll
call
on
the
preferred
agenda
as
adjusted.
C
C
Okay,
thank
you
apologize
for
that
go
ahead
with
the
roll
call
when
you're
ready.
B
D
Councilwoman
Friedman
is
Anniston:
councilman
Burns,
aye,
councilman,
Scanlon
aye,
president
strong
hi,
that's
five
eyes:
two
absents
currency
and
freedom.
C
H
H
C
H
F
B
C
Okay,
thank
you.
Next,
on
the
on
preferred
agenda
is
introductory
ordinance,
22-133
considering
Finance
councilman
Scanlon.
B
C
So
let's
leave
them
and
then
most
likely
potentially
hold
a
couple
of
them
over
and
have
then
two
public
hearings
in
essence
or
in
an
open
Period
where
people
can
still
send
stuff
in
between.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
hi,
everyone
I,
don't
have
much
to
say.
I.
Just
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
being
here
tonight.
F
I
wanted
to
say
a
big
kudos
to
those
who
participated
and
had
anything
to
do
with
the
with
bringing
together
some
community
events
this
past
week
and
a
couple
weeks
and
I'm
sure
we're
getting
some,
but
I
did
end
up
going
to
lose
on
the
bridge,
and
that
was
a
lot
on.
It
was
great
to
see
people
together.
F
I
know
this
isn't
in
Binghamton,
but
I
also
wanted
Apple
the
best
they
had
in
Endicott,
and
it
was
just
wonderful
and
of
course,
there's
always
people
from
our
community,
whether
Binghamton
or
outside,
of
Binghamton.
F
Also
schools
opened
or
started
I
should
say
or
bigger
than
schools
a
week
and
a
half
ago
and
I
had
some
very
excited
little
nieces
who
are
looking
going
to
school
every
morning,
I
want
to
wish
all
of
them
a
fantastic
school
year
and,
lastly,
I
guess
I'm
just
going
to
say
tomorrow's
first
day
of
fall.
So
let's
start
wrapping
up
that
so
because
the
cooler
weather
is
coming.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
E
Thank
you,
council,
president
I
guess
the
president
has
been
set
that
we
will
stand.
I
will
stand
too.
We
we
didn't
do
that
before
hello.
Everyone
I
was
going
to
start
out
with
talking
about
the
positive
things
that
have
happened
in
the
city.
I
will
put
a
pin
in
that,
because
what
we
heard
today
was
an
example
of
the
types
of
emails
I
get
almost
daily
about
how
a
part
of
this
city
is
now
being
taken
over
now.
Let
me
clearly
say
that
I'm
not
opposed
to
student
housing
I'm
not
opposed
to
Quality
housing.
E
I
am
opposed
to
systems
that
reinforce
groups
taking
advantage
of
our
current
environment
right.
So
one
anytime,
someone
can
buy
a
building
at
1.2
million
and
still
pay
the
same
taxes
as
I
do
or
someone
can
buy.
A
house
like
mine,
make
it
a
congregate
living
facility
which
would
equal
five
houses,
which
would
then
make
it
commercial
again
and
still
pay
the
same
rate
as
a
owner
occupied
or
even
a
renter,
a
rental
property
and
not
a
commercial
property.
It
is
a
problem
and
I
know
many
are
thinking.
E
This
is
just
the
Third
District,
but
it's
not,
it
can
happen
in
the
third
today
and
it
can
be
in
all
the
districts
tomorrow.
So
just
remember
that,
and
we
don't
want
to
displace
our
seniors.
We
don't
want
to
displace
anyone.
We'll
say
that
well,
I
will
say
that.
So
let
me
let
me
just
say
that,
as
we
continue
to
think
about
how
we're
going
to
discuss
all
of
the
legislation,
that's
before
us,
so
now
that
that's
over
yes,
we
are
back
in
school
yay.
E
Our
children
are
back,
we
have
in
this
community,
and
our
city
council
have
supported
as
councilwoman
residenti
said,
major
events
that
I
believe
have
United
residents
far
and
wide.
You
all
know:
I
supported,
porch
Fest,
you
saw
me
driving
around
volunteering.
I
might
have
blown
at
a
few
of
you,
but
they
love
the
fact
that
again,
neighbors
were
meeting
neighbors
right
where
they
are
so
I
shout
out
all
of
the
organizers.
E
We
also
have
Blues
on
the
bridge,
as
was
mentioned
again,
bringing
our
neighbors
out
into
the
street,
getting
to
know
each
other
eating
dancing.
What
have
you
and
then
again?
I
am
representing
one
of
our
biggest
Investments
Binghamton
Rumble
ponies
I
was
fortunate
to
go
to
several
games
in
the
season,
and
I
was
able
to
go
to
the
final
home
game.
This
Sunday
and
it
was
great.
E
They
have
been
working
with
us
trying
to
come
up
with
new
programs
and
new
ideas,
so
I
just
encourage
Council
to
continue
to
visit
places
that
we
support
financially
make
sure
that
they
are
representing
us
congratulate
them
for
doing
what
we
need
to
do
and
for
unifying
our
city.
The
more
things
we
do
like
this
and
Luma
I
forgot
to
say.
E
Luma
Luma
is
another
one
that
again
we
were
out
in
the
streets
in
the
middle
of
the
night,
just
having
a
good
time,
a
good
time,
building
relationships
and
again
shout
out
to
all
of
the
organizers
and
again
to
counsel
for
always
prioritizing
activities
that
represent
our
community.
Invite
our
community
to
better
know
one
another
and,
as
we
saw
in
the
budget,
will
again
include
children
in.
B
H
G
Yeah
this
is
the
first
time
we're
that
we're
standing
since
covet
ended
in
this
new
microphone
thing.
So
it's
a
little
bit
odd,
but
first
I
I
agree
with
the
councilman
Riley
about
the
way
that
the
student
housing
people
are
are
getting
away
with.
You
know
a
lot
of
not
paying
their
fair
share
of
taxes.
G
G
G
The
meeting
I
went
to
was
over
at
MacArthur
and
there
were
quite
a
few
people
there,
but
one
of
the
members
of
the
of
the
board
told
me
that
on
other
parts
of
town
they
would
have
a
meeting
and
hardly
anybody
would
come
at
all
now
if
they
close
in
whatever
neighborhood.
This
happens
in
whatever
school
is
closed.
G
Now
the
north
side,
which
is
the
poorest,
the
poorest
side
of
town,
has
a
Roosevelt
School
over
there
and
that's
the
school
that
needs
the
most
work.
So
is
that
the
school
that
is
going
to
close,
if
that's
the
school,
that
closes
many
people
over
there
that
live
in
Carlisle
and
the
other,
the
other
housing
project
that's
over
there.
They
don't
have
automobiles.
So,
on
the
south
side,
where
I
live
as
you,
you
all
know,
MacArthur
used
to
be
a
middle
school.
G
G
If
they
miss
the
bus
they
may
not
get
to
school,
there
may
not
be
Uber
money
to
get
them
there
and
I
think
that
people
really
have
to
start
showing
up
for
these
meetings
with
the
dis
with
with
the
school
district,
and
everybody
should
start
paying
attention
and
I
mean
I,
don't
want
anybody,
you
know
people
or
somebody.
Some
neighborhood
is
going
to
be
hurt,
so
we
should
start
watching
out
for
it.
Thank
you.
H
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
do
share
the
same
concerns
that
councilman
Burns
has.
The
north
side
seems
to
be
the
Forgotten
side
of
town.
I
grew
up
over
there
and
it
is
the
most
disadvantaged
side
of
town
for
sure
and
I'm
concerned
that
that
the
school
could
be
closed.
But
again
it's
a
school
board
decision.
H
We
don't
have
anything
to
say
about
that.
Speak
of
the
school
board,
though
so
mostly
outlying.
The
areas
most
house
line
districts
have
sros
in
the
grade.
Schools
Binghamton
has
sros
in
the
high
school
and
the
middle
schools.
So
I
approached
the
president
of
the
school
board
two
years
ago
and
asked
them.
Why
not?
Why
not
sros
in
a
great
schools,
his
answer
wasn't
a
good
one.
He
said
we
can't
afford
it.
I
think
that's
a
terrible
answer.
H
H
H
C
I
guess
I'll
stand
up
too
I.
Don't
really
have
much
tonight.
I
do
do
concur
with
the
the
the
great
community
events
we
have
in
this
area
that
encourage
everybody
to
support
them,
I'm
sure,
there's
many
coming
up.
This
fall
as
councilman
resident.
C
He
reminded
us
as
the
leaves
start
to
turn,
but
we
do
have
a
great
community
in
that
sense
and
good
support
and
good
good
spirit
and
a
lot
of
events
family
friendly
that
that
people
can
enjoy
put
a
little
plug,
went
to
a
nice
little
place
on
the
brand
new
little
ice
cream
shop
on
the
corner
of
Mary
Street
in
Vestal
Ave
on
the
border
of
the
beautiful
5th
and
sixth
district.
So
encourage
anybody.
That's
over
there
to
to
give
them
a
shout.
C
As
we
encourage
all
of
our
small
businesses,
we
will
invite
Mr
Sabaka
to
a
future
meeting
to
give
us
an
update.
I
do
like
councilman,
Riley's,
Jersey
and
I
hope
they
had
a
successful
season.
C
I
know
they
talked
about
when
the
final
pitch
happens,
that
things
are
going
to
be
happening
at
the
stadium,
so
I'll
be
interested
to
get
updates
on
that,
and
while
the
venue
that
they
play
in,
we
may
may
ask
a
representative
of
a
hockey
team
to
come
as
well
and
give
us
an
update
to
how
we
can
can
support
that
as
well
to
bring
people
into
into
downtown
with
that,
I
will
take
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Oh
thank
you.
Everyone.