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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2000
Page
2
A small fire forced the temporary closing of OCRRA s Ley Creek Transfer Station at Seventh North Street Salina. It will reopen to the public on Jan 8 with large commercial haulers barred until Jan 3 at the earliest. The fire was found Christmas Eve in debris and smoldered.
County Parks Commissioner Robert Geraci reported more than 5000 dollars in damage to the Lights on the Lake display. The suspect search hinges on prints found in the snow from Liverpool streets to the damaged displays. A 500 reward from Wegmans Food Markets and Friends of Historic Onondaga Lake seeks information leading to those responsible.
Onondaga County Sheriff's investigators seek tips after vandal blows damaged holiday displays at Lights on the Lake. Doves posts were ripped from posts and thrown into the lake, a menorah and Nativity scene were modified, and deer lights were bent. Light bulbs smashed, wires pulled, orange paint sprayed on a storage building and a bulldozer. Crews work to repair as the display runs its final four nights before season end. About 30,000 carloads visit annually.
More than 4 000 county employees or 92 percent of the workforce will begin working under union contracts Monday as seven of eight major unions their contracts expire Sunday. The road patrol deputies have operated without a contract for a year while talks continue with the Civil Service Employees Association Local 834 and other unions are only starting negotiations.
A breakdown of unions representing county workers includes Civil Service Employees Association Local 834 with 3,284 members and a 2000 payroll of 100,121,531, Deputy Sheriffs Benevolent Association with 325 members and 71,833,857, and other units such as the Onondaga County Sheriffs Police Association, New York State Nurses Association, Licensed Practical Nurses and Technicians of New York, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 6325, and Greater Syracuse Area Building Trades Council with varying member counts and payrolls. Each entry lists last raise percentages and covered roles across county offices, the sheriff’s department, Van Duyn Home & Hospital, the Justice Center, and Jamesville penitentiary.
After more than two months since a fire at Temple Beth El in Syracuse investigators have not identified a suspect or motive. U S Attorney Daniel French notes leads are scarce and a $10,000 reward yielded little. FBI ATF Syracuse PD and state police have conducted many interviews and examined hundreds of evidence items while guarding synagogues during Hanukkah amid heightened Middle East tensions.
Therese Lore, a former Syracuse Police Department spokeswoman, sues the city and five supervisors for 4 million dollars in federal court claiming gender discrimination after being moved out of her public information role in May 1999. She alleges Mayor Bernard ordered the move to curb her power, while officials deny any bias or wrongdoing. Lore seeks injunctive relief and ongoing protections from unequal treatment amid the pending suit.
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