CORTLAND, N.Y. (WHCU) — The city of Cortland is trying to figure out what to do with the Parker Elementary School building. 

It closed several years ago because of shrinking enrollment, and efforts to sell the building on Madison Street have failed.

Mayor Scott Steve tells WHCU they hope to get some help from Albany in the form of a grant from the Restore New York Communities initiative. 

Mayor Steve says it costs Cortland about $100,000 a year to maintain the building. 

FULL INTERVIEW: Mayor Scott Steve on Ithaca’s Morning News