Parents and school safety advocates gathered at Fowler High School to call on the Syracuse City School District to fund mental health support systems and alternatives to what they deemed a punitive “zero-tolerance” education system.
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Syracuse 8-year-old who appeared in viral video over Doritos wants to sue police after handcuffing
Anthony F. was the 8-year-old in that viral video of Syracuse officers detaining a kid for stealing a bag of chips. Now lawyers for his family are suing, claiming he was handcuffed a second time in July and is the target of harassment by Syracuse police.
Posted inJustice & Equity, Labor & Employment, News
Armory Square Starbucks workers consider joining national movement to unionize
Starbucks workers running Syracuse’s Armory Square location are considering whether to unionize under the national Starbucks Workers United collective.
Posted inOnondaga County
Onondaga County activists call on lawmakers to spend surplus to improve housing
Public health advocates and fair housing activists gathered at Columbus Circle in Syracuse on Tuesday, calling for Onondaga County leaders to use a $200 million surplus in funds to improve housing and address child lead poisoning.
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Onondaga County youth detention center mismanages overtime, auditor says
One employee failed to take a full day off 82 of the last 132 weeks.
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Author Seamus Kirst visits hometown Syracuse as latest book rises in popularity
Syracuse author Seamus Kirst plans to publish four more books in the next two years.
Posted inInterstate 81
Syracuse lawmaker to take over as city’s I-81 project manager
Joe Driscoll will have to leave the council in July.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
City Hall wants $1.5 million from DOJ to fund violence intervention in Syracuse
The application follows a push by the city to get funding to violence intervention programs.
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Syracuse community leaders preach cohesion after gun violence prevention summit
Lateef Johnson-Kinsey, head of the Mayor’s Office to Reduce Gun Violence, planned Wednesday’s meeting to get people and the nonprofits they represent on the same page.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
What to know about Syracuse’s 1st Juneteenth parade since 2019
Syracuse’s Juneteenth Festival returns after a three-year hiatus.
