Land banks

The freshly minted Broome County Land Bank is set to complete its first deal. The land bank has accepted a proposal to turn a vacant hotel in Downtown…

With a wish of “good luck” to the new owners, the board of the Greater Syracuse Land Bank sold its first house Tuesday. The buyers of the vacant home on…

The Syracuse land bank became a land lord this week as part of its work to put more city land on the lax rolls.The land bank, known formally as the…

New legislation recently signed into law, amends the state’s land bank legislation introduced by the Cuomo administration in 2011.Land Banks are…

The City of Rochester has been given state approval to establish one of the state’s ten Land Banks.The city’s Land Bank will support the acquisition of…

The Syracuse Common Council voted Monday to give the city's newly formed land bank a loan for startup costs and to share property tax revenue so the land…

It began sending out foreclosure notices for the first time last month, but a long-term funding source for Syracuse and Onondaga County's newly formed…

On Monday, Syracuse will send foreclosure notices to the owners of 200 vacant homes, empty lots and severely tax delinquent residences in selected areas…

Newly formed "land banks" in upstate New York are moving forward, despite uncertainties on just how they'll work - or be funded.The quasi-public entity in…

The city of Syracuse has a new tool it hopes will reduce the number of vacant and tax-delinquent properties.This week the state gave the OK for Syracuse…