property tax

Union-Endicott school district officials are developing a spending plan that would not cut programs or slash the workforce.

The budget proposal will be discussed in a workshop that's planned for tonight

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A family's battle with Broome County to prevent a Binghamton home from being sold at auction for back taxes may be nearing an end.

Volodymyr Kurylo has been notified by County Executive Debra Preston that she has set up the closing for the West Side house for Monday

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A man who's been working to keep a family home on Binghamton's West Side said it appears to him that Broome County "still wants to punish us."

Volodymyr Kurylo -- who now lives in the state of Maine -- said he met with county attorney Robert Behnke and real property tax service director Kevin Keough Tuesday morning

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The chairman of the Broome County legislature says lawmakers are prepared to revise property sellback policies that have been criticized by some residents.

Jerry Marinich this afternoon announced proposed changes to the controversial policies that made it likely some people could lose their homes for back taxes even if they now were willing to pay what they owed along with penalties

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Volodymyr Kurylo says it amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment."

Kurylo's back in Broome County, where he grew up, in an effort to settle a tax bill on a family home on Arthur Street in Binghamton

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Property owners in Binghamton will be able to learn the steps needed to apply for the STAR tax exemption program in an information session this week.

The city has scheduled the event for Thursday afternoon at the First Ward Senior Center

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