SYRACUSE -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Program awarded the City of Syracuse $3 million and Onondaga County $2.3 million in grants.
The grants will be used to evaluate homes for lead. The funds will also assist governments in creating programs that identify and control lead-based paint hazards.
"Lead poisoning is a preventable tragedy that robs our children of their future," said Schumer. "We must do everything we can to eliminate lead from our homes and this grant will do just that by injecting much-needed funds into this remediation and prevention program."
