Community Development Block Grant

A vacant, blighted house met its end on Wednesday morning when City of Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham and Gorick Construction fired up the excavator.

City of Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced nearly $197,000 in funding for local nonprofits through the Community Development Block Grant.

The Town of Union is looking for input on how to best use $753,736 in Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act or “CARES Act” money.

Whole clusters of vacant and blighted properties in the City of Binghamton are being torn down over the next several days.

Several projects in the town of Union may benefit from federal assistance that's expected to be available for the coming fiscal year. Town officials say about $1.2 million is expected to be available under the Community Development Block Grant program...

Binghamton city councilmembers are expected to award federal grant money to several agencies for programs targeted to young people and seniors. City planning, housing and community development director Tarik Abdelazim says the money for the programs would come from the Community Development Block Grant award the city receives from Washington...