lead poisoning

Families for Lead Freedom Now and the NYCLU say the city didn't properly test water, generating lower lead level results.

The samples collected from August through October show lead levels under the EPA action level. Flawed test samples collected earlier in the year showed high lead levels, causing some to call for the city to declare a state of emergency.

The state attorney general's office says Todd Hobsb repeatedly failed to address lead safety violations at multiple properties.

NYS Attorney General Letitia James reached a settlement with Todd Hobbs, the latest in a series of landlords found to have repeatedly flouted lead safety laws.

The City of Syracuse and Onondaga County reflected on the progress that has been made in catching lead poisoning and remediation techniques.

AG Letitia James alleges William D'Angelo's neglect poisoned more than a dozen children, most of them children of color.

United Way of Central New York is proposing the services to support local communities affected by lead poisoning.

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.

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.

The Community Foundation of Central New York received $125,000 in grant funds to bolster its $2 million pledge to counter the high rates of lead poisoning among children in Syracuse.