Thursday Headlines: Bing, Train Is Here Edition
Binghamton city councilors are getting serious about the possibility of passenger rail in the Southern Tier city.
They approved engineering firm Greenman-Pederson, Inc to prepare its federal Corridor ID application, which would open the city up to passenger rail service that connects with population centers like Scranton, Pennsylvania and New York City.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor ID program awards an initial $500,000, and Binghamton wants Greenman-Pederson, Inc to explore the city’s readiness for extended passenger rail travel, as well as analysis of potential collaboration with other government entities like state DOT.
Elsewhere in the Empire State:
- Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is gaining ground on Gov. Hochul in the latest Sienna Poll. (The Buffalo News)
- Police unions in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse are backing a Republican for state attorney general. (BTPM)
- Blakeman is going full Trump with his appeals to New York Republicans. (WXXI)
- In Syracuse, closing a key street could improve emergency medical service response times. (Central Current)
- A Newburgh City Council work session descended into chaos over Flock Safety cameras. (Mid Hudson News)
- Drivers beware, state DOT is warning that work zone speed cameras are very much turned on. (Mid Hudson News)
- Progressive politicians are trying to “woke 1 was crazy” their way out of divisive past political positions. (Gothamist)
- Will New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani be the one to end the debate over upstate New York’s borders? (The New York Post)
- Mineola schools are opting in to school bus cameras. (Newsday)
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