City trims 12 workers as layoffs widen across departments
Budget Director Kenneth Mokrz ycki says twelve Parks and Recreation staff will lose jobs by year end as the city reviews all departments to cut personnel costs. He cites reduced federal aid and county sales tax as driving the cuts, noting personnel costs are 70 to 75 percent of the budget. The union laments limited information and alleges the impact will hit mid and lower salary tiers while protecting administrators. The city will not yet estimate total layoffs or affected departments as reviews continue.
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Neil Driscoll
Kenneth Mokrzycki
Mokraycki
Department of Parks and Recreation
Mokrzycki
Mary Susco
Onondaga County
Civil Service Employees Association
CSEA
Susco
CSHA
America
United Way campaign reaches 87 percent of goal
This year’s United Way drive has secured 5.59 million of the 6.35 million target, announced at the loaned executive breakfast led by Carrier Corp. president Robert F. Allen. Executives report $508,000 more needed to hit the goal with a few days left before wrap-up Tuesday.
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United Way
Robert F. Allen
Carrier Corp
Allen
Herbert Hooley
Bank of New York
General Foods, Inc
Gloria Mastriano
American Bank Stationary
Robert Driscoll
Honeywell Up
Honeywell, Inc
Sally Gareau
Packaxine Sgeperation of America
Sylvia Johnson
YCS report assails administrators
A county grand jury released a five page report detailing falsified time sheets, bogus volunteer work, and alleged theft tied to the federally funded Youth Community Service project in Syracuse. The panel criticizes federal and local officials, urges oversight reforms, and warns against future quasi government programs without clear goals.
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Jeff Rea
Ormand N. Gale
H-1
Herald-Journal
Michael Louis Tape
Tape
YCS
FBI
Syracuse
Action
U.S. Department of Labor
Grand Jury
Washington
South Avenue
Community Development Department
Decathlon Society
Glazer
Harrison
Randolph Grace
EBONY
Carmen Harlow
Bronx Man Gets Conditional Discharge In May Jane Case
Joseph Bosco, 31, of The Bronx, pled guilty to second degree unlawful imprisonment a Class A misdemeanor and received a one year conditional discharge. The May Jane incident at Mary Ellen Jansson’s Pond Street home led to multiple charges, two youths pled guilty to first degree sexual abuse and received youthful offender status and one co defendant Jansson had charges dropped.
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New York City
May Jane
Joseph Bosco
The
Bronx
William J. Burke
Mary Ellen Jansson
Pond St
Burke
Onondaga County
Jansson
Pond Street
Bosco
Stephen Guthmeann
Laurence Wangerman
Eight Teens Arrested in Onondaga Hill Burglaries
Sheriff's deputies say eight city teenagers were arrested over several days in a burglary spree centered near Onondaga Hill. Seven juveniles had names withheld. adult suspect Christopher 8 Demperio, 18, of W Seneca Turnpike, is charged with second degree burglary and third degree grand larceny for a Nov 5 break in on Greenview Terrace. Estimated losses total about 7000 dollars. The arrests cap a two week probe.
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Sheriff's Department
Onondaga Hill
Christopher
Demperio
W. Seneca Turnpike
Greenview Terrace
Nive
Michael Harney
James Jos
Mora's sister drops plan to sue police
Aida Jones, sister of Raw Mora, announced she is dropping plans to file a civil suit against the Syracuse Police Department and four officers acquitted of assault. She noted the cost of litigation is beyond her family's means and said a Mora Fund for Justice will be created to educate about police brutality.
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Mora
Jim O'Hara
Aida Jones
Raw Mora
Syracuse Police Department
Jones Today
Justice
Jones
Upstate Medical Center
State Supreme Court
Alan Rosenthal
Religious and political abortion clash at Right to Life event
In Whitesboro, Rev. Holbrook and Rev. Olga Fairfax urged action in the Right to Life movement during a Federation dinner, arguing abortion is a moral issue tied to faith. Fairfax explained leaving the pastorate for life work and both leaders predicted eventual Human Life Amendment success.
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Karen Cain
Robert Holbrook
Olga Fairfax
Baptists For Life
Southern Baptists
Live T
United Methodist Ide Federation
Harts Hill Inn
Whitesboro
Ing
Federation
John Arena
Holbrook
Fairfax
Methodist Church
Washington, D.C
Baptist For Life
Southern Baptist Convention
Texas
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LaFayette Medical Associates
Salvaterra
James G. LaDolce
Edmund D'Orazio
Jaat Aart Geurtsen
State Police
Lafayette
Cortland County
American Dynatel
Delores Petia
Young Agency
Robert Young
the Hayner Hoyt Corp
Curt Maxson
Finnegan Volkswagen
James Finnegan
Albany Savings Bank
Richard Buchanan
American Airlines
Jack Lipp
North Syracuse Central
Bruce Reagan
Thomas Hough
Flying Tigers
Robert Miller
Lair Aviation
Mark Riddell
Jeff Scribner
Elmwood Tire Co
Sue Hale
Aromatic Coffee Systems of
Dan Beecher
Interstate United Corporation
Mary Lou Burt
Goldberg's Furniture
Leonard Goldbert
William Thom and Company
Barbara Mingle
ARA Transportation Group
Pat Wells
City Community Development Department
Arthur
Bobby” Harrison
Florida
James Brown
James Casamento
Daniel Corbett
Richard Simone
HLA
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