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Friday, September 07, 2012  The oldest literacy organization in the country now has a new home right in the heart of the Syracuse's Near West Side. Proliteracy, which operates across the United States and in 34 countries, is setting up its worldwide headquarters in a 100-year- old warehouse and former factory, that before its renovation, sat empty for years.

Friday, April 27, 2012  $25 million in funds has been made available to employers in low income areas if they hire local unemployed teens.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  The Syracuse Common Council voted Monday to expand the Syracuse Police Departments video surveillance program.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  WCNY is receiving a $6.6 million grant to help operate nine pbs affiliates across New York State.

Friday, September 09, 2011  Four months after the Syracuse Police Department installed surviellance cameras on the Near West Side, neighbors are still debating if the cameras are stopping crime or invading their privacy.

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Friday, July 29, 2011  What is now an abandoned warehouse on Syracuse's near west side will soon be transformed into a state of the art building that will be the new home for WCNY's television and production studios.

Saturday, July 16, 2011  There's a new initiative called Pride in Syracuse. It's an effort that is bringing businesses and neighbors together to clean up the streets of Syracuse.

Friday, December 17, 2010  A community that has been home to so much violence got its first glimpse of the newly renovated Lincoln Building.  The four story, 30-thousand square foot building used to be the Lincoln Supply building.  It has since been renovated for commercial and residential tenants.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  A rally in this near west side neighborhood aims to put an end to gun violence after last night's senseless shooting killed 20-month old Rashad Walker Jr.

Monday, November 22, 2010  The Syracuse Common Council is scheduled to vote today on a proposal to install surveillance cameras in a near west side city neighborhood.