Common Council approves grants for additional police, fire equipment
The Syracuse Common Council has approved $203,000 in federal grants for additional equipment for the Syracuse Police Department and Fire Department. Read more »
Syracuse Common Council
Walsh: Syracuse on ‘right track’ despite financial setbacks from COVID-19
Walsh focused on how the city has been recovering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and provided updates to several long-term city projects. Read more »
Common Council approves police brutality settlements against SPD officer
The city will issue and sell $200,000 worth of bonds to pay its settlements. Read more »
Common Council unanimously appoints SU alumnus Ronnie White Jr.
White will fill the spot of former Councilor Tim Rudd, who resigned after accepting a job as Mayor Ben Walsh’s budget director in September. Read more »
Common Council denies funding to community leadership training program
The Common Council voted Monday not to fund a community leadership program, citing budget concerns. Read more »
Common Council passes police reform legislation 'Right to Know Act'
The Right to Know Act is designed to increase transparency in interactions between Syracuse Police Department officers and city residents. Read more »
Common Council passes legislation to protect tenants of unregistered houses
The rental registry, established in 2007, requires landlords to register their one- and two-family properties with the city. Read more »
City activists call for expansion of SPD review board
Members of Syracuse’s Citizen Review Board think the group’s power should be expanded to ensure police officers are disciplined appropriately. Read more »
14 Syracuse advocacy groups present list of demands to reform SPD
The groups demand that the city of Syracuse demilitarize the SPD and that the Syracuse City School District remove all school resource officers, investing instead in counselors and other support staff. Read more »
Mayor Walsh asks for federal aid in letter to congressional leaders
Walsh asked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for support for local and state governments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
City workers put on temporary unpaid leave due to revenue losses
The two main factors affecting the city’s financial status are a decrease in sales tax revenue and cuts in state aid. Read more »
Common Council to crack down on negligent landlords
The properties, many of which are rentals owned by limited license corporations, will be sold to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for $151 each. Read more »
Common Councilors detail disputes with city law department
Syracuse’s Common Council shares the same legal counsel as the mayor’s administration. It’s a relationship that councilors said holds potential conflicts of interest. Syracuse’s law… Read more »
Common Council proposes new lead ordinance
The drafted ordinance would require city inspectors to test all properties for lead paint before they’re rented out and cite the presence of lead as a code violation. Read more »
Common Council approves developing affordable housing
The Common Council will address lead paint in Syracuse homes and develop affordable housing. Read more »
Mayor Walsh to address Syracuse Surge in State of the City address
Here is what councilors are expecting from Mayor Ben Walsh’s State of the City address on Thursday. Read more »
Chol Majok, Bill Fitzpatrick win in county general election
Majok’s election to the 3rd District Common Council seat makes him the first former refugee to hold an elected office in the city and county. Read more »
Common Council approves committee to oversee Syracuse Surge
Members of the committee will work to ensure cooperation throughout the Surge’s implementation, Councilor At-Large Steven Thompson said after Monday’s voting session. Read more »
Syracuse to adopt 5G network by Verizon
For months, lawmakers considered the unknowns of the plan with its upside. Read more »
Syracuse police expect to finish use of force investigation by end of next week
A viral video shows a man being removed from a vehicle by his neck and struck by a Syracuse Police Department officer. Read more »
Syracuse to develop solutions to rising deer population
Deer population have been rising in near Syracuse for more than 20 years. Read more »
City council approves $1.2 million to fix Syracuse sidewalks
The funds go to programs that reconstruct deteriorated sidewalks and replace sidewalk corners and curbs that are not accessible to people with disabilities. Read more »
A new Syracuse nonprofit plans to coordinate South Side development efforts
Ben Walsh first announced Blueprint 15 during his 2019 “State of the City” address. Read more »
City council provides tax relief for residents in flood zones
Syracuse residents required to have federal flood insurance could receive tax breaks from the city. Read more »
