Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh

The council pulled money from new positions proposed by the mayor and applied it toward housing entities.

Syracuse would put money into housing in challenged areas as well as middle-income areas in plan being developed by Mayor Ben Walsh. Public input is now being sought.

He says the increase is needed to maintain and improve services residents expect and deserve.

11-year-old Ashton DeGonzaque died of an accidental drug overdose at a home used for drug dealing. Five-year-old Nefertiti Harris was allegedly beaten to death by her mother before she buried her remains in a wooded area.

The Surge Link program promises to provide free internet to more than 2,500 of Syracuse's most economically vulnerable households.

Syracuse JazzFest returns June 21-25 in downtown's Clinton Square featureing Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight, Tower of Power, Spyro Gyra and many other acts in event seen as helping community growth.

Green National would still own the properties, but wouldn't collect rent. Walsh also wants the court to make the company pay $1 million to cover repairs it's neglected to make.

After a Syracuse City School District Board of Education vote on Wednesday, Anthony Davis will take the superintendent position after being brought on as interim superintendent in July.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh proposed a new office to battle gun violence, new efforts to go after code and nuisance issues in neighborhoods, and continued development on the city's Southside in his State of the City address Thursday. He acknowledged ongoing poverty and other problems, while touting progress on job training, education gains and fiscal stability.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Mayor Ben Walsh in handing out food baskets at Syracuse's Northeast Community Center. She says child care assistance, and job supports would help the center and its clients, as well as paid family leave she's supporting in the bill that was passed by the House, but now goes to the Senate.