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Pete Seeger sang the song ‘Which Side Are You On’ in 1941 challenging people to make a choice between supporting working class America and the monied ruling class. We are faced with a similar choice now in 2025. And nothing illustrates that choice more cogently than the April 5 Hands…
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Here is a closer look a sampling of town taxes in Onondaga County. I have updated a couple of the examples from my previous post to get a better sampling of similar properties across Onondaga County. These properties had an market value or assessment value around $244,000 in 2017. In 2024, the average market value of these same properties has increased to an average of $348,000. Yet depending on where you live, your town taxes may have deceased slightly or increase by almost 30%. How can this vary so much? New York State has a property tax cap of 2%…
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We the people of Syracuse and Central New York are proud inheritors of the local struggle for abolition and suffrage and survivors of decades of economic deprivation. We hereby pledge: To tear down the walls that divide and impoverish us; To oppose any effort to register, detain, deport, or attack our neighbors; To provide refuge for those in danger or need; To protect our water, air, and land as our kin.