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Hands Off rally on April 5th in Syracuse. Photo by Mark Rupert. On Saturday, April 5, millions of people attended more than 1,400 protests around the country and around the world. My Bluesky feed was filled with gorgeous pictures of Americans standing up for democracy. Here in Syracuse, it was…
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Demand Transparency, Support Trans Rights, CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County Meeting this Sunday
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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.