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@syracuse1848 Children and volunteers with the PAL football camp pose for this photo at Nottingham High School. Programs aimed at Syracuse youth were among the first to be approved Monday using a portion of $123 million in federal pandemic relief funds. Common councilors agreed to spend a total of $1.3 million dollars to fund the Summer Youth Fellows program through 2023. Council president Helen Hudson says the impact can’t be underestimated. "I think this is huge, when you're talking about 1,000 young people in the city that will be going to their jobs in the summer. They'll receive s...

SHARE: Primary elections ended Tuesday night as a test of the strength of established political party interests and partisan insurgents, with incumbent mayors in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse battling challengers who wanted to deny them another term in office.  The mayors of each of these cities share the goal of getting reelected, but vary widely in the types of campaigns they ran. Four-term Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown ignored his left-leaning opponent who now has a significant lead over him. Two-term Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan debated hers and still cruised to victory. Two-te...

Syracuse mayor primary voting is open June 12-20 at four locations throughout Onondaga County.

The new sidewalk plan and illegal fireworks were also discussed.

2:35 Syracuse Common Councilors are putting the Mayor's proposed municipal sidewalk program on the June agenda, but concerns persist. Before now, councilors have been debating the details, and have had trouble agreeing to even allow it on the agenda.  Today, Councilor Khalid Bey agreed to move ahead despite earlier reservations. " There are legitimate concerns that councilors have expressed, and that gives us time.  I'll reiterate that all councilors to my knowledge support the idea of a sidewalk program.  But because we all support it doesn't mean we all agree on execution." City directo...