Read some of our best journalism from 2022 on the justice and equity beat.
Housing
Posted inJustice & Equity
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.
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inNews
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.
Posted inJustice & Equity
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.
Posted inHousing
Judge orders eviction of tenant whose ceiling collapsed at South Side apartments
A Syracuse judge this week granted an order evicting Ericka Johnson from her apartment at Brighton Place because of her refusal to pay rent. Johnson was the subject of a Central Current article earlier this month.
Posted inNews
South Side apartment tenants start rent strike after ceiling collapse, code violations
Ericka Johnson’s two-bedroom apartment at the Brighton Place complex was suddenly rendered uninhabitable on Sept. 21. City officials found five open code violations.
Posted inOnondaga County
Onondaga County budget: McMahon proposes $1.4B for lead testing, Blueprint 15 support, tax cut, more
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon presented his proposed budget for 2023 on Thursday.
Posted inHousing
How would you spend $150K to address lead poisoning? Community Foundation seeks input
Residents will get to vote on how to spend $150,000 to increase testing for lead poisoning after 10 meetings this fall and next spring.
Posted inInterstate 81
As I-81 teardown, Blueprint 15 move ahead, residents push to keep neighborhood in tact
Urban planning firm Dover, Kohl & Partners solicited feedback on the Interstate 81 project last week. Residents have continued to push to keep at least some of the already existing public housing.
