JOHNSTOWN — The city has been given a second chance to join the Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank, but isn’t interested, again. Mayor Vern Jackson informed the Common Council Monday night at City Hall that he received a letter from the agency inviting the city to join the land bank. A land bank involves renovating blighted, derelict properties to get them back on the tax rolls. The purpose of land banks is to provide funding for the rehabilitation of foreclosed properties. The Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank has said it will try to combat the problem of vacant and abandoned ...