Tag: Stephanie Miner
Thrive at SU raises more than $1,500 to help refugees in Syracuse – with dance, music and Otto the Orange
The first – hopefully annual – Thrive Together Fair raised over $1,500 InterFaith Works’ Center for New Americans showcasing international cultures. Read More »
Debate on Syracuse, Onondaga County merger shows Syracuse University has platform to engage local communities
The Daily Orange Editorial Board commends Syracuse University’s Campbell Public Affairs Institute for hosting a debate between local leaders who support and oppose a proposed merger of the Syracuse and Onondaga County governments. Read More »
Audience members take stand on major issues at merger debate
Both concerned citizens and prominent politicians were able to ask questions and voice opinions at last night's debate on merging Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse. Read More »
Central New York leaders exchange fiery remarks in merger debate
Area officials on Wednesday night debated whether the city of Syracuse should merge with Onondaga County. Read More »
Cities RISE program to prioritize areas with high poverty rates for funding
The Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement program will award money to municipalities from 2017-19 to help fund housing improvement and blight elimination efforts. Read More »
Price Rite grocery store opens in city ‘food desert’
The new location is on South Avenue, located in the southwestern portion of the city — an area that faces a range of different issues, including concentrated minority poverty and high numbers of lead poisoning cases, among other things. Read More »
Syracuse receives millions in federal funding annually for quality housing programs, but those dollars are at risk of being cut
United States President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would eliminate the Community Development Block Grant as part of cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For the current fiscal year, the CDBG provided Syracuse with more than $4.6 million in funding. Read More »
Syracuse federal funding threatened by AG’s commitment to ‘sanctuary city’ order
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has repeatedly declared Syracuse a sanctuary city and is outspoken in her opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Read More »
The green line on Nancy Duffy Lane is there for a reason
Mayor Stephanie Miner, also this year’s Grand High Marshal of the parade, will continue the green stripe tradition on Nancy Duffy Lane. Read More »
Both people and politicians must come together to have further dialogue on what a merger could mean for Syracuse, Onondaga County
The Daily Orange Editorial Board encourages further discussions about a potential plan to merge the governments of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County. Read More »
Despite Syracuse graduation rate increase, immigrant students continue to struggle at school
Syracuse had a 60.9 percent graduation rate in 2016, up from 54 percent in 2015, according to statistics released by the New York State Department of Education. Read More »
Bill warrants support for increased voter accessibility in New York state
The Daily Orange Editorial Board supports the New York Votes Act, which would allow early, automatic and same-day voter registration. Read More »
Meet the 5 people who want to lead the city of Syracuse
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner will hit her term limit at the end of this year, opening up the race to replace her to new faces. Get to know the candidates as their campaigns get underway. Read More »
Syracuse is facing numerous problems that mayoral candidates will have to address
As more candidates enter the race for mayor of Syracuse, they will have to give their stance on the wide range of issues facing the city. Read More »
How Chancellor Kent Syverud has played a role in city-county merger effort
While serving as a co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, Chancellor Kent Syverud was a key player in obtaining funds from the Upstate Revitalization Initiative. That initiative gave money to a citizen group recommending a Syracuse city-Onondaga County governments merger. Read More »
In press conference, Mayor Stephanie Miner expresses outrage toward Syracuse-Onondaga merger recommendation
Miner initially issued a press release following Consensus’ publication of the report in which she dismissed the recommended consolidation. Read More »
Here’s what the planned Syracuse-Onondaga County government merger looks like
The citizen group Consensus has released its recommendations on Syracuse-Onondaga merger. Here’s a breakdown of what the report says. Read More »
Final recommendation on Syracuse-Onondaga merger pits Miner against county, state officials
The citizen group Consensus has released its final recommendations, urging the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County to merge their government and eliminate duplicate services. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is not happy with all of the recommendations. Read More »
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner calls for immigrants to have right to licenses
The campaign, called “Green Light NY: Driving Together,” calls for all qualified drivers to have licenses, regardless of immigration status. Read More »
$2 billion clean water proposal is simply not enough for New York state to replace pipelines
Environment columnist Lydia Niles explains why New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s clean water proposal is a step in the right direction, but not enough to solve the state’s water problem. Read More »
Chuck’s plans to move back onto South Crouse Avenue pending development vote
The Syracuse Planning Commission will vote on a proposal that could change the face of the Marshall Street area. Read More »
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner speaks before state committee about state corruption
Miner told the committee she would like to see reforms like “comprehensive” contracting oversight and a modernization of the state’s election system. Read More »
Gallery: Hundreds protest Trump's executive order at Syracuse airport
Hundreds arrived at Syracuse Hancock International Airport on Sunday evening to protest President Donald Trump's recent immigration and refugee executive order. Read More »