Student Association will meet with Mayor Ben Walsh next week to discuss replacing a traffic light at the intersection of Waverly and Comstock avenues with a four-way stop. Read more »
The Common Council voted Monday not to fund a community leadership program, citing budget concerns. Read more »
SPD announced Monday that it had identified a suspect involved in a shooting on Friday. Read more »
More people in Onondaga County voted early this weekend than in all nine days of early voting in 2019. Read more »
The locations of the two shootings are a 10 minute walk apart. Read more »
Aggie Lane, 75, lives on the Southside of Syracuse and is the treasurer and co-founder of the Urban Jobs Task Force. Read more »
Gotcha will offer free bike rides in Syracuse on Election Day as part of an initiative to make voting more accessible. Read more »
Syracuse’s chapter of Rescue Mission Alliance is working to establish the city’s first shelter devoted to supporting LGBTQ youth who have run away from home. Read more »
For Indigenous people, the downtown monument serves as a reminder of Columbus’ murder, enslavement and oppression of their ancestors. Read more »
The Right to Know Act is designed to increase transparency in interactions between Syracuse Police Department officers and city residents. Read more »
Since suspending in-person classes in March, the district has worked with community organizations to provide thousands of meals for its students. Read more »
Experts said some of the health measures meant to prevent COVID-19 spread have created new concerns for victims of intimate partner violence. Read more »
The city will remove the statue after residents denounced the statue Columbus as a symbol of colonialism and white supremacy. Read more »
Richard David, the mayor of Binghamton, tested positive for COVID-19 late Wednesday night after attending an event at Syracuse City Hall. Read more »
SPD decided to end its use of ShotSpotter technology after Mayor Walsh cut $18.1 million from Syracuse’s annual budget due to a sharp reduction in city revenue. Read more »
Syracuse residents are impressed with how the university has controlled the spread of COVID-19, but some are concerned about large off-campus gatherings. Read more »
The movement, a high school student-led branch of the greater Syracuse Black Lives Matter group, meets regularly to discuss community reform measures. Read more »
Some city residents who attend SU walk between those two worlds each time they travel from campus and to their home communities. Read more »
Following their usual route, demonstrators marched from the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central to SPD headquarters, where they demanded answers from SPD about Smith’s killing. Read more »
Councilors delayed the legislation at Monday’s meeting, citing concerns from Syracuse Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner. Read more »
Last Chance for Change and other activist groups in the city have continued to speak out against Steve Smith’s killing. Read more »
About 100 people gathered in Clinton Square on Thursday to condemn the lack of indictments for the officers who killed Breonna Taylor. Read more »
Despite the additional assistance from the district, many parents found themselves overwhelmed and confused throughout the first week of school. Read more »
The legislation, which prevents landlords from evicting someone for nonpayment on an unregistered house, will go into effect Nov. 15. Read more »
