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Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) agreements are now banned statewide under the “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" passed this year. Steuben and Broome counties are in compliance with the law as of the deadline date of Aug. 25.

Multiple counties in the Southern Tier were notified last week that they must end their 287(g) agreements with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a letter from the state attorney general’s office.

The meeting took place almost a month after a fire destroyed a motel in Broome County used as temporary housing for homeless people. The fire killed six and displaced over 50 people.

At its peak, 320 incarcerated people were sick and 12 were hospitalized.

No one has died in the outbreak, but the county medical director said that was not guaranteed, and that addressing the outbreak took coordinated effort.

Some formerly incarcerated people and family members of some still in the jail are challenging the sheriff’s office account of the ongoing salmonella outbreak.

The county medical director, Dr. Lazarus Gehring, said the outbreak could end up being one of the largest in New York State history.

The sheriff’s office changed the policy a couple of months ago but it only became public recently.

Former Binghamton mayor Matt Ryan says he’ll challenge Sheriff Fred Akshar in this year’s election.

Governor Hochul wants to ban any local resources, including law enforcement, going to assist ICE.