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Broome County
Broome County
Broome County sits in New York's Southern Tier on the Susquehanna River, anchored by Binghamton (county seat and largest city). The economy mixes Binghamton University, healthcare (UHS, Lourdes), defense electronics (BAE Systems / Lockheed legacy), Dick's Sporting Goods (HQ), and food production. The County Clerk's office is in the Broome County Office Building.
Property in Broome
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Broome.
Broome is an affordable Southern Tier home-buying market with significant student-rental presence near Binghamton University.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and disability exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Equalization rates vary by municipality; the City of Binghamton reassesses periodically.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- 2011 Tropical Storm Lee flood damage continues to shape FEMA flood maps in low-lying neighborhoods.
Investing in Broome.
Broome offers low entry prices, strong student-rental demand around BU, and moderate foreclosure-auction volume.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the Broome County Department of Finance (typically annual, online).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Broome County Courthouse.
- Land records search via Broome County Clerk online records.
- Real Property Tax Service parcel lookup at gobroomecounty.com/realprop.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for City of Binghamton rental registry, lead-paint compliance, and Susquehanna / Chenango flood zones.
After a Broome foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Broome uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 6th Judicial District.
- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale executed by court-appointed Referee.
- Surplus money proceedings under RPAPL § 1361.
- County Department of Finance holds annual tax-foreclosure auction (historically via Auctions International).
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in the Press & Sun-Bulletin.
Courts and records in Broome.
- Broome County Courthouse — 92 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13902 — 6th Judicial District
- Broome County Office Building — 60 Hawley Street, Binghamton (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Broome County Courthouse
- Family Court — Broome County Courthouse
- Surrogate's Court — Broome County Courthouse
- 6th Judicial District (Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins)
- Appellate Division, 3rd Department — Justice Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany
- County Clerk — 60 Hawley Street, 3rd Floor — (607) 778-2451 — gobroomecounty.com/clerk
- Real Property Tax Service — 60 Hawley Street — (607) 778-2169
- Department of Finance — 60 Hawley Street — (607) 778-2102
- Sheriff — 155 Lt. Van Winkle Drive, Binghamton — (607) 778-1911