Land bank funding announced

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has awarded $20 million to New York State land banks as part of a second competitive round of funding to counties, towns and cities. The awardees are as follows: Greater Syracuse Land Bank (more than $1.9 million); the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Bank Investment Corporation ($2.5 million); the Rochester Land Bank (more than $1.8 million); Newburgh Community Land Bank (more than $1.9 million); Suffolk County Land Bank (more than $1.9 million); Chautauqua County Land Bank ($1.3 million); Capital Region Land Bank ($3 million); Albany County Land Bank (more than $2.8 million); Troy Community Land Bank ($1.25 million); and the Broome County Land Bank ($800,000). The funding, in addition to $13 million allocated in October of 2013, was made through the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement administered by the attorney general. For more information, click here.