Syracuse lawmakers have grounded the city police department’s proposed drone as first responder program by delaying for nearly a year a vote on the purchase of software.
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Posted inJails & Prisons
Detainees allege shoddy medical care at ICE Batavia
Central New Yorkers arrested by ICE are often taken to the ICE facility in Batavia, where detainees have repeatedly alleged medical neglect, according to court records, documents and interviews.
Posted inSyracuse Housing Authority
Walsh appoints two allies of mayor-elect Sharon Owens to Syracuse Housing Authority board
Change is coming at City Hall. Walsh appears to have laid the groundwork for Owens to “shift” leadership at the housing authority.
Posted inElections 2025
Syracuse mayoral candidate Sharon Owens on I-81 viaduct removal, redevelopment of public housing
Sharon Owens, the Democratic candidate for mayor, talks the removal of the I-81 viaduct and the redevelopment of public housing.
Posted inPolicing
Who knows when ICE comes to town?
When a group of men were taken from a Syracuse city street, it took nearly two weeks to know who’d grabbed them.
Posted inNews
Central New Yorkers’ SNAP benefits are delayed. We’ve compiled a list of food pantries.
Syracuse food banks are trying to increase their offerings as SNAP benefits are set to be frozen. Central Current compiled a list of dozens of pantries where Central New Yorkers can find food.
Posted inSyracuse Housing Authority
Syracuse Housing Authority Board Chair Calvin Corriders Sr. resigns
Corriders has served on the board for four years and as chair for two years. His term was set to expire in October 2026.
Posted inPhoto Stories
A Tiny Home for Good fights homelessness in Syracuse, one small house at a time
In a city strapped for answers to its housing crisis, one Syracuse nonprofit offers a promising solution.
Posted inPhoto Stories
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
Over the last 18 months, Central Current contributors Michelle Gabel, Mike Greenlar and Janet Gramza have captured Syracuse’s housing crisis in words and photos. This is what they saw.
Posted inJustice & Equity
Onondaga ‘LakeBack’ protest shades arrival of ‘Seneca Chief’ with history of harm
As Central New Yorkers gathered to commemorate an ‘Erie Canal moment,’ Haudenosaunee remembered the canal’s long legacy of Indigenous harm.
