Opinion | Combating crime in NYC subways can't be achieved through increased police patrol, argues our columnist. Instead, elected officials should focus on solving homelessness and aiding mentally ill individuals.
Bridging invisible barriers: Activists encourage students to participate in local movements
Emma Folts | Managing Editor
Last summer, Last Chance for Change marched across the city for 40 days to protest police brutality in the city and across the country.
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To Hasan Stephens, invisible barriers separate Syracuse University from the rest of the city.
Students are often disconnected from the realities of the world around them, and some don’t recognize the issues going on right outside their campus, said Stephens, the founder and executive director of the Good Life Youth Foundation, an organization that uses pop culture to mentor and support youth in Syracuse.
What Syracuse mayoral candidates think about public safety, police reform
Wiley Chen | Contributing Photographer
In February, the Common Council and the mayor’s office approved the Syracuse Police Reform and Reinvention Plan, a 76-page document outlining the city’s vision for the future of policing.
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Public safety has been one of the most important issues in the Syracuse mayor’s race so far.
The Daily Orange spoke with each of the five candidates for mayor and asked them what the city needs to do to improve safety.
Police reform
In February, the Common Council and the mayor’s office approved the Syracuse Police Reform and Reinvention Plan, a 76-page document outlining the city’s vision for the future of policing. It lists changes to the police use of force policy, outlines new initiatives to improve police-community relations and lays out plans for a new police reform oversight committee.
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The city of Syracuse and the local police union will move forward with an agreement to impose residency requirements for newly hired officers and increase the Syracuse Police Department’s budget.
The city and the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association reached the agreement in 2019, but the Common Council rejected it due to its cost. The two parties are taking the contract to an arbitration hearing May 25, where city and union representatives will present their case to a third party who will determine the terms of the contract, which will last two years.
The tentative agreement would require new officers to live in the city for at least five years and will increase the police budget by $15 million over four years to include bonus payments for some officers.
OCC to host summit on police and race with Syracuse chief, protest leader, more
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Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner shares details about Connie Tuori s murder at Skyline Apartments. March 25, 2021.Katrina Tulloch
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Syracuse, N.Y. Lawmakers, lawmen, activists and educators will gather at Onondaga Community College this week for a symposium about race and police in America.
The event marks the culmination of a semester-long program hosted by OCC called “Race and Policing in America.”
The symposium takes place Friday, April 30 at 1 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The public is invited to attend virtually using the link here: https://tinyurl.com/occraceandpolice.