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Scott Willis/WAER NewsMembers of Onondaga County’s redistricting commission met Tuesday, and received new census data that they will use to re-draw legislative district maps. But some are still raising concerns about the rushed process and how the commission is operating.The draft maps are due by the commission’s next meeting October 27. -
Katie Zilcosky/WAER NewsThe three way race for Syracuse mayor has presented some interesting political and party dynamics for candidates and their supporters. WAER News found out that issues rather than party labels seem to be driving the contest between an independent incumbent, a democrat, and a republican.
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In this year's local office election, Central New Yorkers will see five statewide ballot proposals that will amend the state constitution. We look at three of them related to voting and elections. -
Onondaga County’s Redistricting Commission is forging ahead with its plans to redraw legislative district maps before election day despite strong objections from one commissioner. There’s concern about the tight timeframe for the commission to do its work and for the public to offer its feedback.
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Governor Kathy Hochul issued a public apology for a state policy that required nursing homes to take covid-positive residents back from the hospital at the height of the pandemic.
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Syracuse University and Le Moyne College held and event to examine "Moral Injury", a sense of damaged conscience many feel. The concept is linked to the abrupt withdrawal, leaving afghan translators and other helpers behind, and uncertainty of the value of their service. Syracuse has the Moral Injury Project.
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A new Marist Poll shows Governor Kathy Hochul has a 55% approval rating.
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Challenges from vaccine mandates and increasing demand for home health services are presenting difficulties for the largest home health care agency in Central New York. Though they lost very few to the mandate.
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State Attorney General Letitia James brought her Heal New York tour to Utica and Syracuse Tuesday, delivering nearly $37 million to the region to combat the opioid epidemic. The nearly $1.5 billion being distributed statewide comes from different settlements negotiated by her office following the March 2019 lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of the painkillers.
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The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse is partnering with Wegmans to offer flu shots on Wednesday, while the Village of Liverpool will work with Walgreens to host a clinic on Thursday.
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Candidates Ben Walsh, Khalid Bey and Janet Burman answered questions about environmental and financial sustainability in a forum conducted by Greening USA, CNY Solidarity and FOCUS Greater Syracuse.
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Columbus Day festivities went on as planned late Monday morning in Syracuse’s Columbus Circle, despite plans to remove the monument. Later in evening, in the same location, proponents of removing the monument held a “Replace Columbus” observance.
