SPD’s overspending on overtime comes about one year after the city and police department touted cuts to the overtime budget.
Justice & Equity
Posted inPolicing
How we reported on the heavy cost of hundreds of NY police crashesÂ
Our reporting team uncovered a troubling pattern of hundreds of police crashes in Syracuse. Here’s how we investigated the problem.
Posted inPolicing
Devastating injuries. Few consequences. How frequent NY police crashes wreck lives.
Syracuse police officers crashed their vehicles hundreds of times between 2013 and 2022, with some wrecks leaving civilians with lasting injuries.
Posted inPolicing
Just 3% of NY police training is devoted to emergency driving skills. It’s not enough.
Emergency driving training makes up just 3% of an officer’s training time in NY, raising questions about whether that’s enough to curb crashes.
Posted inHousing
Even as new approach offers hope, advocates slam NY AG’s settlement with Syracuse landlord over lead paint
William D’Angelo will pay 16 families $5,000 apiece after children were poisoned by lead paint or dust at the the homes he owns. Advocates slammed the settlement as a ‘slap in the face.’
Posted inHousing
‘Revisions’ and tech problems delay $5.3 million in federal funding owed to Syracuse nonprofits, HUD says
The money pays for programs like eviction defense, a tenants network, community centers and workforce training programs.
Posted inHousing
‘Families are going to be suffering’: Catholic Charities to end housing relocation program amid crisis
Catholic Charities cited a ‘perfect storm’ of factors that led it to not re-apply to fund its housing relocation program.
Posted inEconomic Development
A prominent Syracuse developer let the Maria Regina campus deteriorate. How much longer will it sit?
North Side residents may have to wait a decade for the blighted college to finally be developed.
Posted inHousing
‘One crappy apartment’ to another: How tools to relocate Syracuse families from homes with lead paint are limited
Darlene Medley’s story offers a cautionary tale for Syracuse residents who are relocated from an apartment deemed unfit to live in.
Posted inNews
How JMA Wireless’ founder squelched a unionization effort at Manlius Pebble Hill School
John Mezzalingua threatened to pull funding for Manlius Pebble Hill School if its teachers voted to unionize.
