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The story of Syracuse, New York, shows how painful legacies still target the health and lives of Black and brown Americans -- but a reckoning is underway

About 150 Syracuse community members marched from Dr. King Elementary School to the New York state office building in downtown Syracuse, demanding economic, racial and environmental justice for the impacts of the I-81 viaduct Continue reading →

About 150 Syracuse community members marched from Dr. King Elementary School to the New York state office building in downtown Syracuse. Continue reading →

By Syndicated Content By Andy Sullivan SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) – For more than 50 years, Interstate 81 has cut through the heart of hard-luck Syracuse, New York, raining vehicle exhaust on its Southside neighborhood, where most residents are Black and poor. Now, New York State wants to replace that elevated stretch of freeway with a street-level boulevard to knit the city’s urban grid back together. Construction could begin as soon as next year. The plan has stirred visio...

One of the biggest barriers to achieving local hiring goals for the I-81 replacement project in Syracuse has come down, and advocates couldn’t be more

2:37 Jobs to Move America wants the federal ban on local hiring lifted in order for projects to benefit local economies. Walsh created a program to train workers for the I-81 project that could run up against that ban. “What we’re trying to use Syracuse Builds for is the conduit for a pathways to apprenticeship program in partnership with local labor. But we also know there have historically been barriers in the trade particularly to communities of color,” he said. Walsh says lifting of t...