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With Crumbling Roof, Broken Windows, Main Street Property Declared ‘Unsafe’

‘Illegal Activity’ Suspected In Vacant Home With Broken Windows, Garbage Main Street Property ‘Unsafe’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In an emergency meeting of the Oneonta Board of Public Service, 503 Main St. was declared blighted and unsafe after Deputy Code Enforcement Officer reported broken windows, a dangerous balcony and piles of garbage. “We first heard about this property from a neighbor who reported that the owner had died and wanted to know what was going…

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EDITORIAL: It’s Decision Time. But Is There The Will?

Editorial, May 5, 2018 It’s Decision Time. But Is There The Will? Question: Can Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s administration make tough decisions? For one thing, whether or not to condemn the Twelve Tribes’ blighted Oneonta Ford property has been hanging fire since before Herzig took office. He’s now in his second term. There is state money in hand to demolish what is a public hazard and state money to prepare the site for new construction. All that’s hanging fire is…