Day up here on capital hill. Earlier this morning at about ao 10 00 there was an evacuation of the house office building, thete Ford House Office buildingldin because of what was believed toe have been a suspicious device found in the basement. Investigators located a bag with a device inside, electrical tapc and matches. That went on for two hours allll day, finally the all clear was given on that. First we heard that the capital visors went on lock down. That extended to the rest of the complex. Other congress men tweeted thatm they were inside the houseouse chamber while all of this was of going on. We are right here on the west t lawn of the capital. A lot of the the activity that we have heard and the Police Vehicle also and the Emergency Vehicle also weve seen have been directly adjacent to us, behind where the department of p labor is and that would be on d and first street. I would say probably two blocks away from aa where we are right now. Back to you. Thank you for the updat
WAER News Onondaga County Legislator Vernon Williams Jr. is Joined by Mayor Ben Walsh at right, and Sen. Rachel May and fellow legislator Mary Kuhn, left, as well as other supporters of a grid-only plan. They re in Wilson Park, near Pioneer Homes, with the aging I-81 viaduct behind them.
Elected officials and community members in Syracuse are pushing back hard against a so-called Skybridge proposal by some suburban leaders who claim the viaduct replacement would complement the community grid. Supporters of the grid-only plan gathered in Wilson Park, in the shadow of the aging viaduct, to show their solidarity. Onondaga County Legislator Vernon Williams Junior says the Skybridge idea is nothing but an elevated highway with lipstick.