The notorious apartment building has not had hot water for four days, according to at least one tenant.
Housing
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Point in Time count quantifies homelessness in Syracuse
PIT counts take place all over the country during a 24-hour period in late January.
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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh gives State of the City address
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced the creation of new initiatives and gave updates on those already in progress.
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Syracuse state senator proposes changing review process for affordable housing projects
“We have a crisis in New York and in this region in terms of the amount of affordable housing that’s available,” said Sen. Rachel May, Democrat from Syracuse.
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New law lets Upstate New York renters sue to correct housing codes violations
The Tenant Dignity and Safe Housing Act establishes a new legal process for courts to order monetary judgments against landlords that ignore poor housing conditions.
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Jail deaths, housing, unionization: Looking back at 2022 in Central New York
Read some of our best journalism from 2022 on the justice and equity beat.
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Syracuse tenants enter familiar terrain as pandemic protections lift: ‘Not able to imagine where you see yourself the next few weeks’
Central Current interviewed city renters, political leaders, landlords, housing advocates, and legal experts throughout the year, exploring some of the city’s biggest issues with rental housing.
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Syracuse tenants lament lack of heat at Ballantyne Gardens apartments as notorious complex changes ownership
Tenants’ heating issues are the latest denunciation of what they claim are poor housing conditions inside Ballantyne.
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Syracuse’s rental registry shows nearly half of 9,000 properties are not in compliance
The rental registry, established about 15 years ago, requires property owners renting their homes in Syracuse to schedule an inspection with the city’s Division of Code Enforcement every three years and pay an application fee of $150.
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Syracuse residents decide together how to spend $150K to fight lead poisoning
The Community Foundation gave residents the power to spend $150,000 on Syracuse’s lead crisis.