Afi Olowu, who runs the program, called their recent increase in Section 8 homeownership applicants a win.
Justice & Equity
Posted inPolicing
A Syracuse University DPS officer decertified after misconduct was hired again and againÂ
A joint investigation by multiple newsrooms found that the decertification process has failed to stop wayward officers from donning the badge again.
Posted inPolicing
Inside New York’s struggle to ban bad police officers from law enforcement
Thousands of New York police and peace officers were flagged for decertification, but some of them keep finding ways to don the badge again.
Posted inEconomic Development
Backed into a corner, Onondaga County Legislature Republicans offer a trade on affordable housing. No deal, Dems say
Legislature Democrats replaced half of OCIDA’s board. Republicans offered $5M toward affordable housing to stop them.
Posted inInterstate 81
Local advocates hope to avoid environmental inequality from I-81 demolition with new air quality monitors
Wary of past harm, three monitors will be installed at Syracuse community centers to boost residents’ air quality awareness as the I-81 viaduct comes down.
Posted inNews
Syracuse lawmakers table local law banning biometric surveillance in some public places
Three city councilors want to block businesses in Syracuse from collecting, storing, and sharing customers’ biometric information through proposed legislation that exempts financial institutions.
Posted inSyracuse Housing Authority
Southside church leaders were blindsided by utility poles placed in front of their church. Now National Grid plans to remove them.
City officials reviewed whether National Grid properly placed the utility poles after Central Current posed questions about them and a pastor at Hopps Memorial CME Church sent letters to key stakeholders.
Posted inLabor & Employment
Another Syracuse-area Starbucks will vote on whether to unionize
The workers at the Starbucks on Erie Boulevard East in DeWitt will vote May 6 on whether to unionize.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
New York AG’s office levies $100K in penalties against Syracuse father-son landlord duo over lead violations
Brian and Harry Murphy, a father and son landlord duo, has been under investigation by the AG’s office since late 2023 for renting out properties with rampant property code violations.
Posted inUncategorized
Sean Kirst: On Jackie Robinson Day at NBT stadium, perfect choice for the first pitch
For Al Gunn, a Syracuse youth baseball coach who endured the same conditions Robinson took on and shattered, a moment that meant everything.
