Syracuse Innovation Team holds public meetings for new infrastructure ideas
Syracuse’s Innovation Team is developing new infrastructure ideas for the city. Public forums are being held to gather input from the community. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner created the Innovation...
View ArticleMiner says state money could help pay for repairs of Syracuse street sinkholes
The aging infrastructure across upstate New York has created another problem in the city of Syracuse: sinkholes in the streets. The city is expected to pay for the majority of these repairs.
View ArticleNew York's roads are bad but parks are good, says new civil engineers' report
The American Society of Civil Engineers issued gave New York’s infrastructure and gave an overall grade of C- on its 2015 report card. Syracuse officials hope infrastructure funding will come soon...
View ArticleMiner, DiNapoli urge investment in state's crumbling infrastructure
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are lobbying for more money from New York state to pay for infrastructure improvement. Standing in the shadow of the Evans Street...
View ArticleCuomo's State of the State speech -- ethics reforms, homeless programs, and a...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his State of the State message and $143 billion budget spending plan, which includes nearly $1 billion more for schools next year and ethics reforms.
View ArticleMiner's State of the City includes more police & high-tech infrastructure...
Amid innovations that address crumbling infrastructure, creation of new low income housing and plans to synchronize traffic light timing, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, in her State of the City...
View ArticleI-team finds innovative solutions to infrastructure issues
Syracuse is on the leading edge of using technology to deal with ways to fix a crumbling infrastructure. It’s the work of the city’s so called I-team that is bringing new technology to central New...
View ArticleSyracuse officials optimistic after South Salina Street building collapse
Last week was a bad week for historic buildings in Syracuse. First, the city’s Land Bank demolished what was known as the Gothic Cottage, a more than 150-year-old historic home on South Salina Street....
View ArticleCould state grants and loans improve water infrastructure in Syracuse and...
In his 2016 budget presentation, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed investing an additional $100 million in a $200 million grants program that helps pay for water infrastructure projects. Despite the...
View ArticleWater in Syracuse schools have safe levels of lead with 2 exceptions, sources...
The water in Syracuse schools has been tested for lead and 43 out of 45 schools were shown to have safe levels. Two schools each have a water source showing elevated lead levels that are not used for...
View ArticleGPS navigation in Syracuse snowplows track their every move
As warm weather returns to the region, the last things on people’s minds are snowplows. The plows in the city of Syracuse received an upgrade this past winter that allows for more accountability. GPS...
View ArticleMiner, Cafe Kubal partner to promote water infrastructure in Syracuse
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is bringing more attention to water and infrastructure issues in the city of Syracuse. The city has partnered with local Café Kubal coffee shops as part of a national,...
View ArticleSyracuse officials hope hackathon will bring new ideas for fixing infrastructure
The city of Syracuse is hoping a civic “hackathon” can make some sense of all the data it’s collected about its streets. The city is partnering with AT&T and Syracuse University’s iSchool, to look...
View ArticleData helps figure out 'What Works' in Syracuse
The city of Syracuse is expanding its strategy using open source data and technology to solve municipal problems. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner admits in the beginning she was a skeptic about using...
View ArticleDadey: Infrastructure, rebuilding America will be focal points in Trump...
Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey gave a very early endorsement to President-elect Donald Trump and Dadey was with Trump on election night. Dadey said he does not think it will be bad for...
View ArticleRegion's airport hope new emphasis on infrastructure will bring improvements
Airports could be getting some love with the current emphasis on infrastructure improvements. President-elect Donald Trump has often mentioned airports as a key part of infrastructure improvements he...
View ArticleSchumer ready to work with Trump, especially if it means money for I-81
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is encouraging central New Yorkers to come together regarding a plan for the future of Interstate 81 through Syracuse. The Democrat says he’s ready to work with...
View ArticleSyracuse spending $3 million less on road reconstruction this year
The city of Syracuse wants to spend $3 million less on road reconstruction than it did last year. That has some councilors worried about road conditions. The city’s budget office said Syracuse has been...
View ArticleGroup pushing for more infrastructure funding in state budget
As negotiations on the state budget head toward an April 1, advocates for more spending on infrastructure are keeping up the pressure on lawmakers in Albany. Rebuild NY Now, a statewide advocacy group,...
View ArticleGroup says prevailing wage law cost taxpayers billions
A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state’s century-old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year in added expenses for big...
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