Advocates, including Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, the director of the NYCLU’s Racial Justice Center, have pushed for protections for years.
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State housing voucher program modeled after Section 8 likely to launch in March 2026
With Syracuse’s housing supply and stock in crisis and federal rent aid programs threatened, the state housing voucher program could become key to keeping people housed.
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Did Syracuse lawmakers abuse the state’s open meetings law while making budget cuts?
Two transparency advocates say lawmakers caucusing to discuss amendments to the city’s budget is an abuse of the state’s open meetings law — in part because of the homogeneity of the Council.
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Sean Kirst: On Mother’s Day, ‘thousands of children’ still benefit from Amy Betros’ gifts
Betros co-founded St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy in Buffalo. She died April 30, leaving behind a legacy of helping families in need.
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Sean Kirst: In Van Robinson’s memory, his wife Linda wants to take sledgehammer to I-81
Van Robinson was a civic titan in Syracuse, spending 18 years as a member of the Common Council. He championed removing the I-81 viaduct.
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How Syracuse officials anticipate budget cuts could affect city operations
Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens said the Common Council used a “sledgehammer, not a scalpel” to make cuts to the administration’s budget.
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Tenant advocates in Syracuse rally for ‘good cause’ eviction legislation as primary elections near
Syracuse lawmakers in February took ‘good cause’ eviction legislation off the Common Council’s agenda. Tenant advocates urged voters to vote for candidates who support ‘good cause.’
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Syracuse lawmakers unanimously approve about $16M in cuts from mayor’s proposed budget
Members of the Common Council did not make the ordinances on which they voted public before Thursday’s meeting.
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Podcast: It’s Happening Here – Sean Kirst
Columnist Sean Kirst discusses the importance of storytelling in how we understand the community we live in, and how history isn’t just in the past.
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Sean Kirst: A partnership, lost and found, with Upstate photography legend
Sean Kirst and Mike Greenlar dreamed of working together again. Now, they are.
