The Onondaga County Legislature will review a proposal to close Jamesville and move incarcerated individuals to the Onondaga County jail.
Justice & Equity
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Interstate 81 construction: Is enough being done to protect residents’ health?
Local advocates have pushed for state officials to create a plan to protect residents’ health from construction.
Posted inJustice & Equity
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.
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 inJails & Prisons
Onondaga County jail gets different health care provider after report finds ‘serious’ issues
After three deaths at the Onondaga County jail in about 15 months, a new health care provider will take over.
Posted inInterstate 81
Interstate 81, traffic and air pollution: Experts analyze highway teardown’s effect on residents
We asked experts to analyze claims about the I-81 project’s effect on traffic and pollution that have arisen after a lawsuit was filed to stop construction from moving ahead.
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 inGovernment & Politics
Onondaga County jail health care provider contract put out to bid
The current healthcare provider was criticized heavily in a state report about a 2021 death at the jail.
Posted inPolicing
Onondaga County Sheriff-elect Toby Shelley selects undersheriff, chiefs
Most of the people selected to the sheriff-elect’s team are retired deputies who have worked for 20 years or more in the sheriff’s office.