Organizations and community members who are in favor of removing the Christopher Columbus statue in Syracuse gathered outside the Onondaga County Courthouse on Thursday in advance of a case was to be heard by a judge. A petition was filed in May of 2021 by the Columbus Monument Corporation after Mayor Ben Walsh announced his intensions to have it removed, following public outcry.

According to Cornell University researchers, local residents aren't prepared for enormous utility-scale solar farms. Professor Rich Stedman said the biggest question is always where large solar projects will go.

Onondaga County officials are trying to clear up confusion about changing COVID-19 contact tracing protocols as the number of new cases continues to rise. On December 31st, the county said it would no longer be calling individuals to trace infections. The state followed suit Tuesday.

Governor Kathy Hochul confirmed that the tenant protection law will expire on January 15th. A few dozen tenant advocates with the group Housing Justice for All barricaded one of the entrances to the State Capitol building with tables, chairs and other furniture that they say could end up on sidewalks, along with renters, if the state does not enact new tenant protections before the eviction moratorium ends on Saturday.

This concern for fires in high-rise apartments can be as simple as a missing apartment number.

Clean energy advocates in New York say laws and regulations on the books could be preventing the state from adopting more climate-friendly transportation options to meet its climate goals. Governor Hochul said during her state of the state address she wants to promote electric cars, trucks, and buses.