The sheriff’s office has not yet released the man’s name.
Government & Politics
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Syracuse embarks on study to quantify its housing problem
Less than a quarter of residents living in Syracuse can afford a newly renovated apartment.
Posted inInterstate 81
New York Department of Transportation appeals judge’s ruling in I-81 lawsuit
Judge Gerard Neri ruled in February the state needed to perform additional reviews before tearing down the I-81 viaduct.
Posted inOnondaga County
Ryan McMahon to appoint Rich McCarron to fill Onondaga County Legislature seat
McMahon plans to appoint realtor and former Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office deputy Rich McCarron to the Legislature in the 11th District.
Posted inHousing
Syracuse declares Ballantyne Gardens apartments unfit, considers further legal action
“No one deserves to live in an environment like that. We won’t tolerate it,” a city official said.
Posted inJustice & Equity
Confronting the Civilization Fund Act and its connection to Central New York
Three Onondaga brothers Willis, Abel and Albert Pierce, all survived after escaping the Thomas Indian School
– among some 2,740 Native children, many of whom were bused from across the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and forced to attend New York’s largest and longest-running residential boarding school.
Posted inJails & Prisons
Inside Onondaga County’s problem with virtual arraignments
Advocates say virtual arraignments held in Syracuse City Court infringe on defendants’ rights.
Posted inNews
Onondaga County could lose $11M in Medicaid funds under Hochul budget
In the proposed $277 billion state budget, New York would divert an estimated $1 billion in federal Medicaid funds that counties were to receive over the course of next year.
Posted inPolicing
Syracuse Common Council approves police contract upgrading pay, schedule
Patrol officers will now work a 15-day schedule instead of a six-day schedule.
Posted inOnondaga County
Onondaga County legislator John McBride takes county job, resigns from Legislature
McBride had not been planning a re-election run this year.