city council

Watertown welcomes new city manager

Joanna Richards — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:07:58 +0000

Watertown will welcome a new city manager on July 16. Sharon Addison is a Schenectady native who spent 27 years working for the National Security Agency before putting her name in the hat for the city manager position in Watertown.

The Syracuse Citizen's Review Board returns

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:23:41 +0000

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.

Fourth City Council district candidates discuss issues on The Campbell Conversations

Grant Reeher — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:02:11 +0000

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.