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Scott Willis/WAER NewsThe state Department of Transportation is out with its latest plan to replace the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, and it reaffirms their commitment to a community grid. The draft environmental impact statement, or DEIS, includes some changes from the preliminary draft introduced a little over two years ago. -
Scott Willis/WAER NewsElected officials and community members in Syracuse are pushing back hard against a so-called Skybridge proposal by some suburban leaders who claim the viaduct replacement would complement the community grid.
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Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi announced his candidacy for the recently-added New York State Supreme Court in the fifth judicial district on Monday. -
A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission had to be postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have been in violation of New York’s open meetings law, because too many Senators were opting to participate over Zoom, instead of showing up in person.
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Programs aimed at Syracuse youth were among the first to be approved Monday using a portion of $123 million in federal pandemic relief funds. Common councilors agreed to spend a total of $1.3 million dollars to fund the Summer Youth Fellows program through 2023.
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Calling them “villains for the history books,” the attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota on Thursday announced a $4.5 billion settlement with the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the drug OxyContin that contributed to the nation’s opioid addiction crisis.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a new state of emergency this week in New York, saying that the upsurge in gun related violence is a public health emergency equivalent to the COVID -19 pandemic. But critics say other approaches would be more effective, and question the governor’s political motivations in taking actions that give him more power.
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The ransomware attacks and cyber threats that big corporations and government entities are fighting are also a threat to Central New York government and local businesses. Congress member John Katko is ranking member on the House Committee on Homeland Security. He brought cyber-security experts from Washington to raise awareness of that threat, and met with local leaders at a roundtable discussion.
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More than 70 people from Onondaga, Madison, and Oswego counties face upwards of 350 charges for their alleged involvement in two large drug networks that distributed cocaine and heroin across the state.
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It was a week ago Tuesday when US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg stopped in Syracuse to confirm that I-81 viaduct replacement project is a federal priority, and that it’s committed to ensuring Syracuse residents are hired to work on it. The visit reassured community advocates like Deka Dancil, president of the Urban Jobs Task Force.
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An arbitrator has settled a long-debated contract with Syracuse Police that includes a five-year residency requirement for new officers and incentives to keep experienced officers on the force.
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Elected officials in Syracuse’s northern suburbs are pushing back against the assertion that there’s county-wide consensus around the community grid replacement for the I-81 viaduct.
