SHA expects to receive nearly $3.7 million for these properties, also called easements from New York State Department of Transportation.
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Sean Kirst: A goodbye to one-of-a-kind bond shaped by mismatched feet, though friendship goes on as legend
One man wore shoe size 13 left, size 9 right, the other the opposite. A seemingly difficult physical barrier became the bedrock of an extraordinary alliance.
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Meet Syracuse Housing Authority’s new interim executive director Jalyn Clifford
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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Onondaga County Legislature passes three term limit for county executive, comptroller
For the legislation to become law, County Executive Ryan McMahon has to sign off on it and a majority of voters have to approve it.
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How Andy Mager and the Syracuse Cultural Workers found another way to celebrate July Fourth
Andy Mager and his colleagues designed a poster that celebrates resistance movements in the United States as an alternative way to celebrate July Fourth.
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Sean Kirst: The passing of Tom Coulter, ‘king’ of boxing, who taught so many youths the great lessons of the ring
A funeral Mass will be held Aug. 10 for Coulter, a national boxing legend, beloved co-owner of the old Remedy tavern and a guy who knew being rich had nothing to do with money.
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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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How democratic socialists reshaped the Central New York political landscape
DSA members and progressives pulled off Democrats’ second historic election upset in less than a year. An organized campaign and a rising affordability crisis helped topple a CNY titan.
