Longtime SHA Executive Director Bill Simmons retired, effective July 10. Jalyn Clifford, the former deputy executive director, took over for Simmons.
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HUD rules SHA Chair Ryan Benz has an “apparent conflict of interest,” should continue recusal until SHA obtains full disclosures
While Bill Simmons will soon leave SHA, his complaint against Benz will have enduring effects.
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State lawmaker Pam Hunter pushing to regulate license plate reader surveillance
Hunter, the speaker pro tempore of the New York State Assembly, in April introduced a bill to restrict license plate readers, calling them a “weaponization of technology.”
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Bill Simmons to leave Syracuse Housing Authority after yearlong turmoil
Syracuse Housing Authority Executive Director Bill Simmons agreed to retire a year before his contract with SHA is set to expire. Simmons’ last day with the housing authority will be July 10. The housing authority’s board voted to approve a mutual separation agreement with Simmons by a vote of 4-3. Board commissioners Patricia McBride, Quwanka Ellerby and […]
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Sean Kirst: At Clinton Square roller rink, for a city and its children, the shared goal of ‘staying up’
Envisioned as a bright and brief chance for community, roller skating takes on deeper meaning in a hard week in Syracuse.
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After 35 years of research and no solution, Onondaga Nation’s leader laments the cultural cost of mudboils
Mudboils have spewed hundreds of tons of silt, sand and clay into the Onondaga Creek, which has prevented the Onondagas from using their sacred waterway for fishing, harvesting and gatherings.
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Syracuse police used Flock Safety readers for nearly a month after readers were supposed to be taken down
A city law required Flock to take down its license plate readers by May 26. Syracuse police continued using the readers after Flock left them up.
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Syracuse police ‘moved to unplug’ Flock Safety scanners months after revoking company’s privileges
The move came days after Central Current asked city officials why Flock readers were kept up beyond a legislatively imposed deadline for the readers to be taken down.
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Parents, community members rally in support of F-M student who read Palestinian poem
At a recent F-M school board meeting, community members spoke out about the district’s response to the reading of a Palestinian poem at Fayetteville-Manlius High School.
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More than 6,100 refugees in Onondaga County could lose SNAP benefits
The loss of SNAP benefits is because of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. County officials say they’re working on a plan to mitigate the effects.
