Another House Torn Down on Troubled Binghamton Street

The city of Binghamton has ordered the demolition of another building once owned by a man described by Mayor Jared Kraham as the city's "most notorious slumlord."

Kraham Monday announced that a house at 5 Sturges Street was being removed because it was "a longtime source of neighborhood complaints and police activity."

The property had been targeted in a lockdown warning issued by the city in 2023 due to code violations and an assault. A man had been shot in the chest at the site.

The city gained ownership of the house from Isaac Anzaroot in 2024 after a court settlement involving several properties owned by the Brooklyn man.

FLASHBACK: Police responded after a report of gunfire at 5 Sturges Street on September 15, 2023. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The site is located across the street from where 12-year-old Cheri Lindsey was killed in 1984. The house where she died was torn down by Broome County. A memorial garden was built on that site.

In addition to the house at 5 Sturges Street, the mayor said another North Side house was torn down earlier this month.

He said the city acquired that property from the county after a property tax foreclosure proceeding.

The city hired Gorick Construction of Broome County to demolish the two houses at a cost of $133,000.

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