City of Binghamton Announces Code Enforcement Reforms
City of Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced on Thursday, March 3, his package of reforms and improvements to the city's code enforcement.
Under Mayor Kraham's new reform package, the City of Binghamton will expand on resources to crack down on the city's slumlords, neighborhood blight, and unmaintained properties.
"Too many of Binghamton's families live in substandard housing owned by bad actors with no intentions of fixing their deteriorating properties," said Mayor Kraham. "It's not only the residents that suffer; bad landlords hurt entire neighborhoods."
The City of Binghamton will now create an attorney position to help prosecute the city's slumlords and hire a new code and building inspector. The city will also create a Parks Department subdivision to handle property maintenance complaints and adopt stricter high grass and weeds rules.
The package will be discussed with City Council on March 7. The estimated cost of the reform will be $198,344 and will be funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).