“To concentrate more on sections that would have been run down, improving our housing. We have too many absentee landlords that have allowed many tenants to trash neighborhoods, trash our lawns, our streets – that have no concern for the area.”
(Marino Nave, 60, of north side of Syracuse, Rite Aid employee, Democrat)
“I would like to see at least more police officers – you know, to come around – because there was an incident where I had to call the cops, because there was a fight in aneighborhood and no one showed up.”
(Lanaya Clark, 23, of east side of Syracuse, cashier, Rite Aid, unaffiliated with a political party)
“I think we need improvement in the schools. I think we need retention of people livingin the city who can pay taxes.”
(Pat Hottenstein, 78, of Syracuse, retired nurse, Democrat)
“More security guards definitely — I went to Henninger High School –and there wasalways lots of fights, and wasn’t really that good in my opinion.”
(Aric Snyder, 20, of the Eastwood neighborhood of Syracuse, dairy frozen manager at Tops, unaffiliated with a political party)
“I would really like to see gun violence changed in the city because it’s a lot going on. And it’s not really safe for a lot of kids to be around playingbecause so many people are shooting and even younger kids are getting killed now.”
(Monique Kinsey, 22, of Syracuse, assistant office manager, Tops, Democrat)
(Alana Heller is a junior with a major in broadcasting and digital journalism and a minor in marketing.)
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