Tagged: city council

9:23am

Mon December 19, 2011
Regional Coverage

The Syracuse Citizen's Review Board returns

The organization that investigates police brutality by the Syracuse Police Department could be coming back to life.  Syracuse Lawmakers December 19th will decide whether to approve a revised law that solves some of the issues that have plagued the Citizen's Review Board over it's 17 year history. 

They started in May every two weeks  going over the city's C-R-B legislation with a fine tooth comb this citizens review board advisory group looking at every sentence, and every word members changed some, left others the same, and in the end, created a revised citizens review board legislation that public safety committee chair Pam Hunter says adds teeth and accountability to the process.

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11:02am

Mon October 17, 2011
Politics and Government

Fourth City Council district candidates discuss issues on The Campbell Conversations

Perhaps the most intriguing local race this November is the match-up in the fourth City Council district between Democrat and Working Families Party candidate Khalid Bey and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Hawkins has run for many seats in the past, including governor and U.S. Senator, and not come close to winning, but the last time he ran for city council he garnered about 40 percent of the vote.

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