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The city says the ongoing claims are based on old, flawed data from improperly collected samples from 2023 and 2024 that showed high levels of lead. More recent 2025 results showed levels below EPA standards.

Lanessa Owens-Chaplin says Robinson was one of the first people who talked about removing the viaduct. At the time, she says it seemed like a far-fetched idea that would never happen.

Common councilors are voting to hire a company called 120Water to take over water sampling programs.

A terminally ill inmate in western New York remains in prison two years after being granted parole.

City leaders say the advocates are using flawed sample results to make their case, while agreeing on the priority of replacing lead service lines.

About 60 residents gathered at the Dunbar Center as blowback continues about a now-suspended agreement between SHA and SUNY Upstate to replace public housing with an optometry school.

The NYCLU has led the movement, which contrasts with the City of Syracuse's desire to take ownership of the land and control future development.

The challenge is the city is reluctant to release information to the public about police-citizen interactions.

The New York Civil Liberties Union released its first set of data after reviewing 70,000 vehicle and pedestrian stops.

Judge Gerard Neri ordered the state to submit a supplemental environmental impact statement to justify the removal of the viaduct and replacing it with a community grid.