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Friday, September 21, 2012  A Phoenix woman says she faces financial ruin because the Town of Schroeppel improperly issued a demolition permit.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  The rectory of a shuttered Catholic church in the Syracuse diocese is being auctioned off.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Federal authorities say an upstate New York man has admitted to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and lying to government agents about dumping debris in wetlands near the Mohawk River.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  The City of Syracuse is looking at ways to improve the way it handles dangerous vacant buildings.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  In Manlius this morning, demolition crews tore down an old building on Pleasant Street, just a couple of blocks away from the swan pond off Route 92.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  An abandoned home at the center of an exclusive CNYcentral investigation has been taken down.

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.

Thursday, June 02, 2011  The City of Syracuse faces a dilemma: what to do with 1,700 abandoned buildings at a time when the demolition budget has been cut in half.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011  A Syracuse man says he's "fed up" with waiting for the city to tear down an abandoned house next door.

Thursday, September 30, 2010  A demolition crew continues to tear down a former Syracuse casket factory a day after a fire ravaged the 19th-century structure.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010  Despite protests from business owners, demolition crews have begun taking apart the Pineville Bridge on Route 48 in the Town of Albion.

Monday, August 23, 2010  Syracuse and New York State have paid more than $850,000 to demolish a privately owned warehouse whose partial collapse forced the closure of a section of the city's main commuter route for three weeks.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  A planned building demolition tomorrow will result in a street closing in the City of Oswego tomorrow.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  Oswego's Director of Code Enforcement says the city is planning to demolish one city building and is looking at several others.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  The owner of a collapsed building that shut down Interstate 81 claims he is entitled to material that was salvaged during a state ordered demolition.