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Monday, November 05, 2012  Request: use website for info, not phones

Thursday, November 01, 2012  New Yorkers will have extra time to apply for an absentee ballot in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Decades ago, the northeast side of Syracuse was among the nicer middle class neighborhoods in the city, but time has taken a terrible toll on the neighborhood, and no one knows that better than Toni Franklyn.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Lawmakers passed the measure unanimously Monday night. It requires out of town landlords to hire a designated property manager who must live within a 25 mile radius of the city limits.

Monday, August 08, 2011  The City of Oswego has proposed a type of residency requirement for out of town landlords.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  Thanks to an infusion of cash into the City of Syracuse's demolition fund due to the deal with Destiny, officials are "recalibrating" their priorities.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  For decades the City of Syracuse has had a problem with absentee landlords but now there's a new housing Sheriff in town.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  The Baldwinsville Christian Academy will be closed on Thursday because too many students are sick.

Friday, November 19, 2010  Dan Maffei has won the absentee ballot count in Onondaga County, but it's still not enough to take the lead in the 25th Congressional District race.

Friday, November 12, 2010  Ann Marie Buerkle’s lead over Congressman Dan Maffei in the race for the 25th Congressional District has grown slightly after some absentee ballots were counted this week.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010  Board of elections workers have started to count absentee ballots in the 25th Congressional District race.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010  The Maffei campaign is doing a survey and contacting absentee voters in the race for the 25th congressional district. A spokesperson for Maffei says there have been "reports" that people who died, voted absentee.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  The attorneys are on retainer and the votes are impounded - now the recounting is about to begin in the too close to call race to represent New York's 25th Congressional District.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  Republican candidate Ann Marie Buerkle has taken the lead in the 25th Congressional race.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the New York State Board of Elections to give overseas voters 10 more days to return their ballots because four upstate counties and New York City mailed the ballots out late.