Ellen Abbott
Reporter, SyracuseEllen produces news reports and features related to events that occur in the greater Syracuse area and throughout Onondaga County. Her reports are heard regularly in regional updates in Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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A potential deal between the Syracuse Housing Authority and Upstate Medical University, to tear down some public housing and build an optometry school, has stalled.
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Syracuse City School District and local law enforcement officials are addressing a violent incident at Lincoln Middle School that left one SCSD teacher with injuries. SCSD Superintendent Anthony Davis says it is one of the worst things he's seen.
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The City of Syracuse is taking steps to show its support to local veterans.
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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is looking to reauthorize legislation that would keep ghost guns off the street.
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Officials are expecting just shy of 6,000 passengers going through Syracuse’s Hancock International Airport Friday, as families flee central New York for winter break.
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The Onondaga County Legislature will sue New York state over legislation that will move most elections to even years.
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There are 10 Republican members of the House of Representatives in Congress from New York state. At a stop in Syracuse, Gov. Kathy Hochul asked all of them, including 22nd District Congressman Brandon Williams, to support an agreement that would change asylum laws and provide money for localities dealing with migrants.
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The appeals court decision clears the way for the teardown of the Interstate 81 viaduct through Syracuse.
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Drakos Clinical Dynamics will open a new urgent care facility in Cicero. The facility will serve both pediatric and adult patients and accept Excellus BlueCross BlueShield insurance, making it one of the few urgent care options in central New York to do so.
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Golisano Children's Hospital in Syracuse has only five doses of the RSV vaccine left. Other hospitals in the region have little to no vaccine supply.