Miner went on the offensive last week, lobbying to sway councilors and demonstrate the importance
of Land Bank funding.
Applications for counties, towns and cities to apply for a second round
of land bank funding will be available in the summer of 2014.
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Wealth begins with
land and people and
land reforms should be the cynosure
of food self - sufficiency but the
Bank -
Fund duo demand cut in subsidies, liberalization
of land ownership and undemocratic measures without any socialist tinge.
This
funding supports legally designated
Land Banks, formed under the New York State
Land Bank Act
of 2011, to protect homeowners and neighborhoods across the state by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community assets.
Mayor Ben Walsh's budget adds a new class
of police and firefighters and restores
funding to the Greater Syracuse
Land Bank.
Resolution No. 30
of 2015 — Authorizing the
Land Bank to enter into a
Funding Agreement with the City
of Syracuse
Without that «sustainable source
of funds,» Syracuse's
land bank is still reliant on the city to provide public subsidies, Wright said.
The mayor's budget adds a new class
of police and firefighters and restores some
funding to the Greater Syracuse
Land Bank.
New York's $ 182 million share
of the nationwide $ 7 million Citigroup settlement includes at least $ 90 million in mortgage relief as well as directing
funding for
land banks and community development agencies aimed at housing for low - income earners, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Monday announced.
Local governments would also be in line to receive
funding for the support
of land banks and other development agencies, along with
funding for a program aimed at low - cost rental housing.
According to the website
of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General allocated a portion
of funding from the National Mortgage Settlement — $ 20 million total — to
fund legally designated
land banks in New York State through a competitive request for applications.1 The first round
of funding was announced this past October.
Executive Director Katelyn Wright says the
land bank is bearing fruit, but looking forward, finds itself in a bind after city lawmakers slashed $ 1.5 million in
funding for the
land bank out
of this year's city budget.
The 18
land banks in New York State can apply for the
funds, which are part
of an $ 8 billion settlement with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
He noted that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has already helped to
fund more than a dozen
land banks throughout the state with money he recovered from major lenders involved in the housing crash — and had announced a new round
of funding last month.
Besides Cuomo's election as governor, what was new in 2011, when the development finally
landed state
funding despite the low scores, was that The Birches at Fishkill had secured a $ 1.4 million grant from the Federal Home Loan
Bank of New York.
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County
Land Bank Corporation (CCLBC) is one of six land banks in New York State to be awarded funding from the stat Attorney General's Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiat
Land Bank Corporation (CCLBC) is one
of six
land banks in New York State to be awarded funding from the stat Attorney General's Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiat
land banks in New York State to be awarded
funding from the stat Attorney General's
Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiat
Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiative.
The Syracuse
Land Bank received $ 5 million in the first two rounds of attorney general funding, more than any other land bank in the st
Land Bank received $ 5 million in the first two rounds of attorney general funding, more than any other land bank in the st
Bank received $ 5 million in the first two rounds
of attorney general
funding, more than any other
land bank in the st
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bank in the state.
«The
land bank is among 19 statewide that received more than $ 20 million in
funding, but it was one
of just two that got the full $ 2 million available.
This article tells the story
of several families who have purchased
Land Bank homes over the past few years — some directly from the
Land Bank and others fixed up with grant
funds by Home HeadQuarters.
The new
funding comes on the heels
of a report from the Schneiderman's office outlining
land banks» successes.
The comptroller claimed at a Thursday morning meeting
of the Association for a Better New York, a group
of the city's financial leaders, that the administration had missed out on
funding and opportunities by failing to start a public
land bank to manage and develop the 1,175 vacant city - owned properties across the five boroughs.
«With losing $ 1.5 million in demolition
funding, we've had to take a look at whether we can afford to take more into our inventory,» said Katelyn Wright, executive director
of the
Land Bank.
The Greater Syracuse
Land Bank has received nearly $ 5 million to date in mortgage settlement
funds granted by the Office
of NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
«The Greater Syracuse
Land Bank is once again a top earner
of grant
funding from the office
of the New York state attorney general.
The
Land Bank currently has $ 4 million in its reserve
funds — money Common Councilors have said it could use to plug the hole left by the lack
of city
funds.
In a short video that has gone viral on social media, the Deputy Majority Leader insisted that she contacted people she knew at the World
Bank to
fund the construction
of the project after assuring the Bretton Wood institution that she could secure them a litigation - free
land for the school project.
«You can't support the mission
of the
Land Bank and then not give them
funding,» she said.
With some
Land Bank properties not selling but instead deteriorating, Syracuse Common Councilor Nader Maroun questioned if all
of the
funding this year should be restricted to demolitions.
Katelyn Wright, the director
of the
Land Bank said almost $ 5 million in
funding from the state attorney general's office had to be used on properties involved in the mortgage foreclosure crisis.
$ 1
of city
funds to the
Land Bank leverages $ 2.90 in private renovations, $ 2.10 in outside grant
funding, and $ 1.47 in local property tax receipts.
I fully support Mayor Miner's veto
of the council's budget amendment to cut the
Land Bank's
funding and, as mayor, I would do the same.
Eight
of the nine councilors voted to eliminate
Land Bank funding.
In the meantime, Wright looks to the framed dollar bill above her desk signed by Rich Puchalski — executive director
of Syracuse United Neighbors — who, during a tense Common Council meeting, pulled out a dollar declaring, «If you don't want to
fund the
Land Bank, we'll have to do it ourselves.»
One
of her big beefs with the budget is the elimination
of funding for the Greater Syracuse
Land Bank.
Miner released a list
of 60 properties scheduled for demolition that will have to be put on hold unless the council restores
funding to the
land bank, which takes over tax - delinquent properties.
Syracuse's
Land Bank is applying for a new round
of funding from settlements the New York State Attorney General's Office made with
banks after the 2008 mortgage crisis.
Those amendments include cuts to the
funding of the city's
land bank.
This project took a tremendous leap forward when Erie County was awarded $ 2 million in
funds by the State Attorney General's Office out
of more than $ 12.4 million in grant
funding set aside for
land banks.
The Syracuse Common Council has proposed loaning the newly formed city - county
land bank money so it can begin operating in earnest, but questions remain on the availability
of those
funds.
Cost
of the demolition is being covered by
funding from the New York State Attorney General's Office that was secured by the Chautauqua County
Land Bank.
The Troy Community
Land Bank will use its latest round
of state
funding to stabilize and rehabilitate properties in the city's North Central neighborhood.
Some
of these initiatives include, the Better Buffalo
Fund; Upstate Revitalization Initiative; an enhanced historic preservation tax credit;
land banks legislation; zombie properties reforms; brownfield redevelopment reforms; Complete Streets law and
funding; Community Risk & Resiliency Act; Age Friendly / Health Across All Policies; Cleaner Greener and Clean Energy Communities; Climate - Smart Communities grants; and craft beverage reforms.
Those working on the
land bank say once back taxes begin coming in from the foreclosure process, part
of that money could be used for long - term
funding.
The Albany County
Land Bank will receive $ 2.8 million over two years,
funding the demolition
of up to 20 blighted structures, the rehabilitation
of a dozen properties, the initial stabilization
of up to 40 homes, and the clearing
of the same number
of vacant lots for repurposing.
Indeed, the
banks are clearly aware
of the optics
of this imbalance — on Thursday every major financial institution in the
land pooled together to announce a $ 500 million
fund to extend loans to entrepreneurs, because
banks lending to new businesses is now apparently something worthy
of special announcement.
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