Rundown buildings are being demolished on Binghamton's north side as part of the Broome County Land Bank Corporation's Northside Revitalization Project.
Land Bank and local officials gathered on Liberty Street Tuesday to begin tearing down one of seven properties.
Attorney General Eric Shneiderman provided $280,000 in funding for the project to help make Broome County neighborhoods an inviting place to live.
Four of those properties are on Liberty Street, two on Munsell Street and one Pearne Street.
"They're blighted, vacant, abandoned, forclosed on properties that have gone through years of neglect, so by demolishing them we're hoping to stabilize the neighborhood and hopefully open it up to future community and economic development," said Broome County Land Bank Corporation Executive Director Margaret Scarinzi.
Demolition is expected to be complete by the end of April.