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From YouTube: 2022.04.06 City Council Business Meeting
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00:00:00 Call to Order
00:02:50 Public Comment
00:17:40 IO22-57 – 69
00:21:35 IR22-27 – 31
00:24:30 IO22-62
00:33:30 IO22-67
00:41:00 Communications from Council Members
A
C
B
C
Thank
you.
Everyone
before
we
do
roll
call
as
we've
done
in
the
past,
for
you
looking
in
from
your
right
to
left.
We
have
councilwoman
aviva
friedman,
councilwoman
sophia,
resonetti,
phil
strahn
and
our
corporate
counsel
brian
seacrest,
at
the
at
the
table
down
here
janine.
Could
you
do
a
roll
call
for
us?
Please.
B
D
C
G
Super
hi,
my
name,
is
tina
granocolos.
I
live
on
laurel
avenue,
which
happens
to
be
in
the
district
of
council
person,
sophia
rasaniti
as
usual,
a
bunch
of
things
that
I'd
like
to
address
tonight.
I
noticed
that
there
are
some
folks
who
are
sitting
around
the
table
and
I
notice
some
folks
who
are
on
camera.
Others.
I
don't
see,
I'm
afraid
I
was
a
little
late,
so
I'm
not
actually
sure
who's
in
the
meeting
or
not.
G
This,
I
think,
was
a
bad
habit
that
was
introduced
by
the
mayor,
who's
actually
in
place.
Who
con
you
constantly
refer
to
himself.
As
deputy
mayor,
I
hope
that
city
council
will
do
something
about
this,
because
I
don't
think
it
is
appropriate
to
you
know,
list
yourself
as
something
that
you
are
not
even
if
it
is
linked
in
and
not
controlled
by
the
city.
G
You
know
I
could
be
going
around,
I'm
calling
myself,
I
don't
know
assistant
dean
of
whatever
and
that
wouldn't
actually
be
factually
correct,
and
I
would
very
much
hope
that
the
people
who
are
working
with
me
and
or
for
me
would
call
me
out
on
that.
Another
thing
that
I
would
like
to
talk
about
is
what's
going
on
at
the
sewage
treatment
plant.
You
might
recall
that
in
december
2020
we
had
a
very
strange
orchestrated.
G
It
seems
questioning
of
the
of
the
superintendent
at
the
plant
and
primarily
by
those
of
you
who
go
by
the
name
of
quote-unquote
republican,
and
you
seem
to
express
great
interest
at
what
goes
on
at
the
plant
and
then
last
year,
in
the
spring,
under
the
leadership
of
sophia
resinity,
who
was
then
the
council
president?
There
were
all
sorts
of
machinations
that
were
taking
place
to
put
in
some
kind
of
audit.
G
Many
of
you
were
telling
us
in
great
detail
how
you
are
interested
and
what
goes
on
at
the
plant,
how
you
were
invested,
how
you
believe
the
staff
who
work
there,
and
so
I'm
finding
it
very
interesting
that,
as
far
as
I
can
tell,
I
haven't
seen
anyone
from
city
council
talk
about
what's
going
on
at
the
plant,
you
may
know
that
earlier
this
year
there
was
a
valve
that
somehow
misfunctioned
I'm
really
interested
to
know.
Can
somebody
tell
us
who
manufactured
that
particular
part
and
who
installed
it,
and
why
did
it
fail?
G
What's
happening
at
the
plant
seems
to
be
sort
of
reprising?
What's
happened
at
the
past,
namely
that
costs
for
the
quote-unquote
renovation
that
took
place
kept
rising
and
now
the
costs
for
the
cleanup
and
the
repair
keep
rising
and
rising
and
rising,
and,
as
you
know,
I
and
others
in
the
community
have
talked
about.
It
is
really
problematic
and
I'm
sure
you
can
see
this
playing
out
in
reality
that
we
have
a
board
that
is
appointed
by
politicians.
G
So
politicians
are
going
to
be
appointing
mostly
their
cronies
and
their
friends,
some
of
whom
have
absolutely
no
clue
what
happens
in
a
sewage
treatment
plant
who,
then
you
know
who
are
then
on
that
board
and
who
are
not
working
with
and
for
the
staff,
but
who
are
probably
machinating
in
the
background
for
the
benefit
of
themselves
and
the
sort
of
contractors
and
people
who
are
in
the
background.
So
I'm
really
sort
of
dismayed
to
see
that
this
is
happening.
G
G
Now
mayor
was
talking
about
how
it
would
be
good
to
have
code
violations
be
searchable
online.
I
hope
that
you
will
move
with
alacrity
with
swiftness,
in
other
words,
to
make
such
that
such
a
database
viewable
for
ordinary
people
so
that
they
can
know
what
they're
going
to
get
into
when
they
rent
from
most
of
the
people
in
this
town
who
are
slumlords,
who
are
charging
exorbitant
prices
and
are
not
keeping
up
their
properties.
C
We'll
give
it
just
another
second,
and
then
council
councilman
friedman
has
a
letter
that
was
sent
in
to
read
into
the
record,
we'll
give
it
just
another
second
for
the
online
and
then,
as
she
reads
it.
If
somebody
else
has
her
hand
up
we'll
give
them
a
chance
to
do
that
after
that,
so
give
it
another.
Second,
then,
we'll
have
off
councilwoman
for
you
to
read
the
letter
that
was
sent
to
the
clerk
earlier
today.
C
E
Okay,
dear
city,
council
members,
I
am
puzzled
by
the
conversation
regarding
potential
reforms
to
binghamton
code
enforcement
efforts
to
more
equitably
and
effectively
deal
with
substandard
rental
properties,
vacant
properties
and
irresponsible
property
owners.
In
my
professional
capacity,
I
work
with
communities
here
in
new
york
and
across
the
nation
in
helping
to
design
equitable
solutions,
including
co-enforcement
practices
to
vacant
abandoned
and
deteriorating
properties.
E
The
first
step
any
community
must
take
is
to
better
understand
the
scope,
scale
and
nature
of
the
problem.
One
is
trying
to
solve.
Do
council
members
know
how
many
vacant
properties
exist
in
the
city.
Do
council
members
know
how
many
zombie
properties
exist
in
the
city?
Do
council
members
know
how
many
tenants
have
called
to
complain
of
safety
and
health
hazards
in
their
rental
units?
E
Do
council
members
know
how
many
properties
have
been
condemned
as
uninhabitable
by
binghamton
code
or
rental
properties
vacated
by
orders
of
the
broome
county
health
department,
because
of
lead
hazards
that
have
threatened
the
well-being
of
children?
Do
council
members
know
where
in
the
city
these
problem
problem
properties
exist
where
they
are
most
prevalent?
E
The
second
step
is
to
better
understand
why
current
approaches
are
not
working
effectively
to
protect
neighbors
and
neighborhoods
from
harms
imposed
by
such
problem
properties.
Do
council
members
know
how
code
is
currently
deploying
staff
time
and
resources
to
try
to
address
each
of
the
above
categories
of
problem
properties?
Do
council
members
know
how
the
city
spent
more
than
a
million
dollars
in
code
enforcement
grant
funds
over
the
last
five
years,
which
were
designed
specifically
to
help
communities,
tackle
problem
properties
more
effectively
and
equitably,
and
what
the
outcomes
were.
E
Do
council
members
know
whether
or
not
the
vacant
property
registration
program
is
working
or
whether
the
city
is
effectively
utilizing
existing
tools
and
state
laws
such
as
article
19a
abandonment
proceedings
law
or
the
zombie
zombie
property
inspection
and
maintenance
law?
Do
council
members
know
what
the
biggest
challenges
or
barriers
cited
by
the
code
department
and
law
department
are
in
trying
to
protect
neighborhoods,
neighbors
and
neighborhoods
from
the
harms
imposed
by
each
of
these
different
types
of
problem
properties?
E
The
third
step
is
to
identify
which
tools
and
policies
the
state
laws
allow
or
prohibit
a
municipality
to
utilize,
to
achieve
greater
impact
and
more
successful
outcomes
as
a
home
rule
state.
There
are
fortunately,
few
limitations
in
new
york
and
overall,
we
have
very
good
legal
systems
related
to
code
enforcement,
delinquent
property,
tax
enforcement
and
land
banking
that
allows
forward-thinking
communities
to
integrate
many
different
strategies
and
interventions
across
these
systems
to
achieve
optimal
effect
and
some
communities
are
doing
outstanding
and
innovative
work
that
have
become
national
best
practices.
E
Finally,
the
fourth
step
is
then,
to
design
new
policies,
partnerships
and
programs
tailored
to
the
community's
needs
and
priorities
and
allocate
resources
accordingly
and
then
commit
to
ongoing
evaluation
and
adjustment.
Again,
there
are
great
models
right
here
in
new
york
that
have
been
incubated
over
the
last
few
years,
thanks
largely
to
the
unprecedented
funding
from
the
ag's
office.
E
E
Thus,
the
idea
that
council
can
meet
once
every
two
weeks
for
two
or
three
times
in
order
to
come
up
with
meaningful
reforms
to
protect
neighbors
and
neighborhoods
from
substandard
rental
properties,
vacant
properties
and
irresponsible
property
owners
is
impractical
and
unrealistic.
This
is
not
a
political
statement.
E
E
Should
there
be
any
interest
sincerely
tara
godzilla
is
in
17
fremont
avenue
and
then
there's
a
list
likely
vacant
properties.
Within
a
few
blocks
from
my
house,
three
tremont
19
fremont
1221
vestal
1274
vestal,
two
livingston
six
livingston
24
livingston
19,
birch,
34,
mil
36,
mil
46,
mil
45
vine,
four
mcnamara
six
mcnamara
fourteen
macamero
24
mcnamara
29,
mary
78,
mary
82,
mary
83,
mary,
with
a
question
mark
88,
mary
62,
south
washington,
63,
south
washington
and
20
conklin.
C
D
C
C
Okay,
we
will
pull
those
jeannine.
Do
you
want
to
read
the
do
you
want
to
do
it
that
way?
Okay,
just
try
to
project
just
a
tiny
bit,
so
we
can
at
least
hear
it's
hard
for
us
to
hear
you
down
here.
Everybody
else
can
probably
hear
you
okay,
so
we
will
go
as
as
adjusted.
We
will
go
through
the
preferred
vendor,
starting
with
the
indirect
orange
22-57.
D
D
D
D
E
B
E
A
B
E
C
C
E
Okay,
so
this
is
the
the
second
time
that
we
have
been
asked
to
use
american
rescue
plan
act,
funds
for
lost
revenue,
and-
and
yet
I
don't
believe
that
we
have
heard
a
an
estimation
of
the
actual
amount
of
revenue
that
the
city
of
binghamton
lost,
and
I
know
that
this
number
was
calculated
based
on
a
an
equation
or
a
formula
that
came
to
us
from
the
federal
government.
But
the
much
of
the
first
discussion
that
we
had
around
this
lost
revenue.
E
E
C
A
A
Lost
revenue
funds
and
we
never
were
shown
where
the
revenue
was
lost.
You
know
I,
you
know
we
had
everybody
come
down
and
speak
to
us
about
the
new
budget
and
nobody's
said
that
you
know
they
were
short
money
from
the
year
before
so
much
that
you
know
that
added
up
to
12
million
dollars.
So
I
don't
really
still
don't
understand
where
that
comes
from,
except
that
there
was
an
equation.
That
said,
they
could
do
it.
I
remember
before
we
hired
the
outside
party
to
use
that
equation.
H
H
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you
all
for
noticing
I
I
was
a
little
tardy.
My
plane
was
late,
but
nevertheless
I
again
echoed
the
sentiments
of
my
colleagues.
I've
said
this
from
day
one.
We
have
received
a
pot
of
money
and
that's
what
we're
acting
like
a
pot
of
money
based
upon
the
needs
and
the
types
of
needs
residents
have
in
our
city.
H
We
would
not
be
eligible
for
the
large
sum
that
we've
received
if
we
had
if,
if
everyone's
needs
were
met,
I
will
say
now:
yes,
there
were
some
great
initiatives
launched.
There
were
some.
There
was
money
allocated
towards
housing
towards
our
our
broome
county
initiative
and
some
properties
put
on
that.
We've
allowed
our
residents
to
purchase
some
great
ideas.
However,
here
we
are
again
without
the
information
we've
requested
and
we're
going
forward,
making
large
expenditures
and
then
going
back
and
justifying
them,
for
example.
H
Now
let
me
say
this
before
I
before
I
go
into
my
example.
I
support
the
needs
of
the
fire
department
in
terms
of
the
fire
truck.
However,
when
we
talked
about
again,
it's
a
little
bit
different
because
there
was
some
overlap
of
the
money.
This
is
actually
cdbg.
We
said
how
is
it
addressing
the
needs
of
the
community
for
which
that
money
was
given
to
us
and
we
were
told
because
it's
in
the
neighborhood
they
could
address
fires
more
swiftly.
H
That
is
not
a
direct
improvement
on
the
conditions
our
residents
are
currently
experiencing.
So
I,
like
my
colleagues,
oppose
moving
money
over
to
the
general
fund,
the
lost
revenue
fund,
because
the
equation
allows
it.
That's
the
only
reason
we're
doing
it
if
we
were
to
have
another
robust
conversation
with
our
residents,
prioritizing
the
needs
and
how
we're
going
to
allocate
the
remaining
arpa
funds
that
would
help
us.
H
E
B
C
B
E
Yes,
okay,
up
to
this
point,
we
have
been
talking
in
abstract
about
arpa
funds
being
moved
into
the
general
fund
and
being
spent
on
whatever
we
want,
and
we
have
been
mentioning
how
that's
an
undesirable
thing.
I
say
we
me,
and
you
know
some
of
my
colleagues
and
here
is
a
a
perfect
example
of
covered
relief
money
being
spent
on
something
that
is
totally
unrelated
to
covid
relief.
E
E
So
this
is
a
a
memo
that
came
from
captain
bidwell
that
says
a
patrol
car
is
the
way
we
provide
a
visible
presence
in
high
crime
areas,
and
so
I
I
asked
at
the
work
session
if
there
were,
if
there
was
data,
to
support
that
police
presence
or
visibility
of
patrol
cars
was
an
effective
deterrent
that
would
reduce
crime
and
the
chief
said.
Yes,
there
there
is
data,
but
he
wasn't
able
to
provide
that.
E
So
I
did
a
little
bit
of
research
to
see
if
I
could
find
the
study
that
posited
that
visible,
visible
police
cars
are
an
effective
deterrent
for
crime,
and
I
was
able
to
find
one
article
that
was
published
in
the
police
journal
and
I'll.
I'm
gonna
take
an
ex
an
excerpt
from
the
abstract,
so
it
says
a
study
of
the
effects
of
visibility
of
patrols
were
more
effective
deterrents,
while
high
slash
low
visibility
patrols
resulted
in
more
apprehensions.
E
In
other
studies,
factors
which
have
been
found
to
contribute
to
enhanced
police
effectiveness
include
close
cooperation
with
the
community,
the
use
of
team
policing
and
increased
night
patrols.
Overall.
This
survey
suggests
that
it
is
far
more
important
how
police
are
used
than
how
many
there
are
increased
police
strength
alone
does
not
make
a
difference.
E
E
So
I
dare
I
say
it's
a
little
bit
outdated.
I
maybe
there
are
more
recent
studies
that
could
suggest
that
increased
police
presence
effectively
deters
crime.
However,
I
I
also
believe
that
it's
it's
a
it's
a
cause
and
effect
right
if
police
are
more
present
in
certain
areas,
they're
going
to
make
higher
they're
going
to
have
higher
arrest
rates.
So
what
is
a
high
crime
area?
E
Are
I
can't
help,
but
wonder,
are
high
crime
areas
caused
by
more
police
being
there
if
we
had
more
police
in,
let's
say
wealthier
areas
or
areas
that
have
more
resources,
I
wonder
if
we
wouldn't
have
higher
arrest
rates
there.
I
mean
we
know
that
one
of
the
most
impactful
impactful
factors
that
contribute
to
crime
is
access
to
resources,
so
high
crime,
air.
You
know
it's
like
a
it's
a
cycle.
A
high
crime
area
tends
to
have
lower
resources.
E
People
are
desperate,
their
needs
are
not
being
met,
so
they
resort
to
crime.
Then
we
have
police
officers,
essentially
profiling.
These
areas
and
arresting
people,
therefore
leading
to
the
high
crime
rates,
so
I
don't
believe
that
this
is
an
effective
way
to
increase
community
safety
and
I
certainly
don't
support
using
covert
relief
money
in
order
to
purchase
these
10
police
vehicles.
Thank
you.
B
E
E
D
C
B
F
I
will
be
scheduling
a
neighborhood
cleanup
gathering
it's
that
time
of
year.
These
are
things
we
love
to
do
and
actually
had
some
constituents
which
are
now
asking
when
we're
going
to
do
them
so
we're
looking
at
possibly
saturday
the
16th
stay
tuned
and
please
join
us
if
you
can
and
lastly,
for
those
who
celebrate
next
weekend
have
a
wonderful.
A
H
Thank
you,
council,
president
I'll,
be
brief
again,
similar
to
what
councilwoman
resonated
just
said.
We're
approaching
the
spring
break
easter
holidays,
so
I
want
everyone
to
be
safe
and
enjoy
this
time,
at
least
for
those
that
are
in
the
binghamton
city.
School
district
enjoy
this
time
away
refresh
and
renew.
I
also
am
very
excited.
H
I
received
again
several
emails
about
our
last
expenditure,
particularly
since
we
moved
money
that
was
held
for
a
youth
center
to
another
expense.
That
was
not
previously
discussed,
nor
was
it
placed
in
our
in
our
budget.
As
you
guys
remember,
we
had
some
some
things
we
wanted
to
purchase,
say:
coven
money
came
through.
We
had
it
in
our
budget,
nevertheless,
so
that
what
meeting
will
be
forthcoming
and
that's
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
Thank
you.
Council
president
strong.
There
are
a
lot
of
religious
holidays
in
this
season,
so
easter,
like
councilwoman
russenetti
mentioned
also
passover,
is
coming
up
so
maya
to
any
jewish
people
who
are
celebrating,
and
it's
also
ramadan
as
well
so
ramadan
mubarak
for
any
people
who
are
celebrating
ramadan.
E
There
is
a
north
side
assembly
meeting
tomorrow,
thursday
at
six
o'clock
at
the
the
oh,
my
gosh.
What
is
the
name
of
the
church?
I
know
the
church.
I
know
how
to
get
there.
It's
on
shenango
street
on
the
north
side.
Oh
my
gosh
centenary,
shenango
street
church.
That's
what
it's
called
okay
took
me
a
second
to
get
it
there.
E
So
there's
a
northside
assembly
meeting
for
any
anyone
who
lives
on
the
north
side,
who
wants
to
get
involved
with
community
affairs
find
out
what's
going
on
meet
some
neighbors.
I
encourage
you
to
come
to
that,
and
also
in
some
other
exciting
north
side
news.
Greater
good
grocery
is
now
open
until
7pm
on
weeknights.
E
A
Thank
you.
I'm
have
a
little
bit
of
a
call
myself,
so
I
don't
have
much
to
say
the
south
side
neighborhood
assembly.
We
are
planning
a
cleanup
at
the
end
of
this
month
or
the
beginning
of
next.
We
haven't
set
the
date
in
two
weeks.
I
will
be
able
to
give
that
to
you
and
that's
about
all.
I
got
thanks.
C
C
C
I
just
got
to
know
him
over
the
last
couple
years
and
just
very
saddened
that
I
didn't
get
to
know
him
even
better.
I
know
he's
been
a
binghamton
in
his
whole
life
and
civil
service
commission,
veteran
local
businessman,
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
so
just
want
to
once
again
send
my
condolences
to
his
family
was
able
to
go
to
the
wake
earlier
today
seemed
very
well
attended
and
to
show
support
for
him
and
his
family.
C
So
once
once
again,
our
heart
goes
out
to
his
family
and
the
whole
city
hall
family
down
here.
That
will
be
that
he
will
be
missed
greatly.
Just
very
briefly.
Councilman
burns
just
mentioned
clean
up
coming
up.
We
did
him
and
I
did
meet
with
a
south
side
neighborhood
assembly.
Last
week
we
had
a
very
good
meeting
with
them,
and
so
I
would
encourage
any
across
the
city,
whether
it's
an
official
cleanup
or
not
as
spring
comes
to.
C
You
know
clean
up
your
house
and
and
two
others
just
just
get
out
there
and
if
something's
out
there
pick
it
up,
it
doesn't
take
that
long
and
we
try
to
the
some
areas
are
prone
to
this,
but
the
winner
is
always
tough,
with
trash
being
out
there
and
things
like
that.
So
we
all
work
together
and
make
the
job
a
little
bit
easier
to
to
clean
up
our
beautiful
city.