But she says any such relationship with the police department does not exist.
We cannot afford to be partners with local police until we can trust they are performing in good trust and and honoring their pledge to eradicate biased decision making against people of color.
Carter acknowledges she served on the task force for the draft reform plan, but she says that doesn t equate to a relationship with the NAACP. She says they ve also commented during the recent public hearing on the plan, and have had conversations with Police Chief Kenton Buckner and Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens.
It s like dating. You can go on a few dates, but it doesn t mean you re going steady. We have to establish that. I feel confident we can, Carter said.
Ben Walsh planned to build 50 new homes in Syracuse. Then the pandemic struck
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Work is underway to build two new single-family houses on Shuart Avenue in Syracuse, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
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Syracuse, N.Y. Just weeks before a pandemic struck Central New York, Mayor Ben Walsh announced an aggressive plan to build 50 new homes in Syracuse in two years. It would be the biggest batch of residential neighborhood construction in Syracuse in a generation.
Nearly a year after that announcement, the project is behind schedule, with construction just now beginning on a handful of houses. And securing funding for the project has proved more difficult than initially expected as the state closed its purse strings for cities like Syracuse.