NCC News Brief: May 31, 2022 NCC News Brief: May 31, 2022

WOOD: THIS IS YOUR NCC NEWS BRIEF. IT’S MAY, 31ST. I’M JOHN WOOD.

DEMOCRATS IN THE ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE HAVE RELEASED WHAT THEIR PLANS WOULD BE FOR THE ROUGHLY $85 MILLION DOLLARS THAT COUNTY EXECUTIVE RYAN MCMAHON PROPOSED BUILDING AN AQUARIUM WITH.

THE PLAN DETAILS HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED, INCLUDING $40 MILLION TO ADDRESS LEAD PAINT POISONING IN CHILDREN, AND $30 MILLION TO REMOVE LEAD PAINT FROM HOMES.

KUHN: “We’re trying to jump start the conversation about how to use money to serve the community and not to serve fish.”

WOOD: A POPULAR CHARITY RUN IS RETURNING TO DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE THIS WEEKEND.

THE 26TH RUNNING OF PAIGE’S BUTTERFLY RUN WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY AT 9 A-M AFTER COVID MOVED THE RACE TO PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

FUNDS FROM THE RACE WILL BE DONATED TO THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT A RANGE OF SERVICES THAT CHILDREN RECIEVE AT UPSTATE GOLISANO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.

ARNOLD: “Primarily over time what we are trying to do is raise funds to help families patients and families that were in the position we were in and that Paige was in.”

WITH THE START OF SUMMER ALMOST HERE, MORE AND MORE CENTRAL NEW YORKERS ARE HEADING OUT ON THE WATER.

WE SPOKE WITH SERGEANT DAN PACE OF THE ONONDAGA SHERIFF’S NAVIGATION TEAM FOR SOME TIPS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE WHILE OUT ON THE BOAT.

PACE: “That’s what we’re out here initially for. We’re not out here to kind of give people a hard time. It’s to educate them.”

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