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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.

A state Attorney General’s office investigation found no wrongdoing by Broome County jail and medical staff.

The new law will not affect the Broome County Sheriff’s Office agreement with ICE to hold detainees in the county jail.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program, called 287g, enlists local law enforcement agencies to assist in immigration enforcement. Only two other counties in New York participate in any part of the program.

Legislators voted to remove a county policy requiring the undersheriff to reside in Broome County.