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Ryan McMahon proposes $600,000 for deputy body cams: Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Monday he will ask legislators to approve spending $606,000 this year to outfit sheriff’s road deputies with body cameras, the first step in a 5-year program estimated to cost about $3 million. The request, which is expected to pass the legislature on Tuesday, is 36% less than the $954,700 a year Sheriff Gene Conway proposed in a last-minute letter that McMahon received the same day.
Ryan McMahon proposes $600,000 for deputy body cams; Sheriff asked for more
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After a Syracuse.com story reported Onondaga County Sheriff Office had no body cameras and no plans for them, Sheriff Gene Conway called a news conference to say he would welcome the cameras if the county provides the money. Here, Conway holds up the syracuse.com article to make his point on Friday, April 23, 2021.Katrina Tulloch
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon today said he will ask legislators to approve spending $606,000 this year to outfit sheriff’s road deputies with body cameras, the first step in a 5-year program estimated to cost about $3 million.
Onondaga County sheriff’s office could have body cameras by end of May, county executive says
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Posted Apr 29, 2021
A Newark, N.J. police officer displays how a body cam is worn during a news conference unveiling the department s new cameras in 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP
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The cameras could be deployed soon after that, McMahon said at a briefing this afternoon.
Sheriff Eugene Conway is expected to turn in a proposal for body cameras by the end the day, county officials said.
The initial estimates put the cost at $450,000-500,000, McMahon said.
Once Conway’s plan is turned in, McMahon’s office will put a final price tag on the program, said Justin Sayles, McMahon’s spokesman. Legislators will vote Tuesday on the proposal to give the sheriff’s office money, he said.
Sen. Chuck Schumer launches $160 billion technology initiative
Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor
Schumer announced the initiative alongside Chancellor Kent Syverud, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) launched his initiative to invest in and develop innovations in technology during a press conference at Syracuse University on Monday.
Schumer announced the $160 billion piece of legislation alongside SU Chancellor Kent Syverud, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh at the university’s National Veterans Resource Center.
The senator’s plan would dramatically increase U.S. investment in three areas: the advanced manufacturing of semiconductors, the research and development of important technologies and the establishment of regional technology hubs around the country investments that could help lead to the creation of jobs and j
Schumer: Clay site in the running for chip fab manufacturing
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, speaks to the media during a press conference Monday, April 26, 2021, at Syracuse University s National Veterans Resource Center. From left, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud, Schumer and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh.Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer says the CEOs of three of the world’s major semiconductor makers have told him the White Pine Commerce Park in Clay is in the running to host a chip fab plant.