Katie Zilcosky
Host- All Things ConsideredKatie Zilcosky is WAER’s All Things Considered host and features reporter. She also co-hosts WAER’s public affairs show Syracuse Speaks. As a reporter, she focuses on technology, economy, and identity.
Katie graduated from the Newhouse School in 2018 with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism, where she received the George Plavocos Award for significant creative contribution in the field of radio. Additionally, she’s won awards for her reporting from the Syracuse Press Club, Journalists Association of New York and Public Media Journalists Association.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Katie now calls Syracuse home.
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The City of Syracuse announced that the Parks and Recreation department is looking for a new commissioner, as Julie LaFave will be stepping down after five years in the position.
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Syracuse, New York has one of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the country. According to 2021 Onondaga County Health Department data, 10% of children in the city had elevated levels of lead in their blood.
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The city’s old housing stock means there is a lot of work to be done by EPA certified contractors in the community. But city of Syracuse Lead Paint Program Coordinator Keenan Lewis said there simply aren’t enough licensed contractors to do that work.
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Representative Brandon Williams has announced locations and dates for town hall meetings in April: New Hartford, Chittenango, Rome, and Morrisville.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates again, making mortgage rates higher as well.
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United Way of Central New York is proposing the services to support local communities affected by lead poisoning.
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The Syracuse Peacemaking Project’s proposal to curb childhood lead poisoning would in part aim to develop a new generation of community leaders. Their proposal is one of three the public will be able to vote on through the Central New York Community Foundation’s participatory budgeting process.
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A total of three non-profit organizations presented their ideas to community members on how to increase screening for lead poisoning in children this week. It’s part of the Central New York Community Foundation’s participatory budgeting process for lead remediation efforts, in which residents discuss and vote on how to best to use funds.
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Gov. Hochul announced a second emergency benefit through the Home Energy Assistance Program for eligible New Yorkers along with resources to cut down on utility bills.
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Police officers in Syracuse will be working new shifts after working hours were adjusted in a new contract between the City and the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association, now in effect for the rest of the year.