SPECIAL REPORT: President Biden Visits Central New York SPECIAL REPORT: President Biden in Syracuse

We landed Micron one of the happiest days of my life this is a big deal day

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and here in Syracuse the Syracuse region the new Hub is going to train semiconductor workers for the future folks I determine that I’m never
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going to let us be vulnerable to wait
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lines again if it’s essential we’re
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going to make it here in America
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together
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so to all those who had their doubts
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Mike Ron is here Micron is real it’s
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never going away we’re here for good and
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this is going to be
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great good afternoon and welcome into
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this special edition of NCC news online
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the energy is still high in central New
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York about an hour now since President
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Biden’s historic speech in the Salt City
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announcing 6.1 billion for micron’s clay
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plant and designating Syracuse as a tech
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Hub we have Team coverage for you this
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afternoon our Elijah Brown at the Museum
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of Science and Technology where the
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president just wrapped up and NCC news
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reporter Aaron Rothchild is outside
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Syracuse hancok International Airport
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where Air Force 1’s departure has been
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causing quite the stir in Syracuse
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airspace
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yep so I’m right here at Syracuse hankok
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International Airport where President
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Joe Biden arrived around 12:45 today um
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it’s said that he’s meeting with the
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families of the two Fallen police
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officers about 2 weeks ago um and he was
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scheduled to depart around 3:40 p.m.
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this afternoon obviously right now it is
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4:25 still no signs of him but it looks
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like they are starting to prepare for
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his arrival I’ve been told to be alert
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for a blast when the plane does a 180 to
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make sure to secure all my personal
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belongings so I’m making sure that
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doesn’t happen while the plane’s behind
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me right now while I was here there’s
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been an exens extensive security detail
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from the Secret Service I’ve been
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checked multiple times making sure that
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everything here is going smoothly this
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is the first time President Biden has
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been back since 2022 and they’re hoping
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to ensure as smooth of an operation as
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possible now since I’ve been here for
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about the last 7 8 hours I’ve seen about
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two planes take off the whole day
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there’s been very limited air travel
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they’re keeping the airspace safe and
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nothing else is really going on that’s
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about all I have for you guys right now
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but that a part of President Biden’s
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historic speech celebrating the billions
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of dollars coming to Micron Central New
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York plant the president had a lot of
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love for Syracuse in his speech saying
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today was a special day for a region
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that’s been struggling ncnc news
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reporter Elijah Brown is there now
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breaking down the president’s speech for
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us Elijah tell us more
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now guys I’m right here where President
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Biden gave his final remarks in we’ve
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seen the style before he leads with the
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facts Micron is bringing over hundred
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billion dollar to Central New York
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potentially over 9,000 jobs from the
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company themselves and another 50,000
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from construction and Engineering
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efforts now this is all being done on
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renewable energy and President Biden was
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not nervous to boast about some of these
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accomplishments he even mentioned the
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specific investment as one of the
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biggest in American history now he moved
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on to discuss the $6.1 billion
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investment he announced today which we
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know is the federal portion of the chips
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and science act that he announced a
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couple months ago now the part of this
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$6.9 billion will fund two out of three
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semiconductors here in clay and it’s all
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meant to incentivize some of these
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manufacturers to build their products in
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American soil now we’re stay tuned for
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more on what that means for Central New
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York guys back to you Elijah thank thank
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you exciting announcements today well
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Biden wasn’t alone on the podium before
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the president governor Kathy hokel was
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one of many speakers there touting the
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impact this will have on the central New
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York Region Senate Majority Leader Chuck
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Schumer also celebrating the excitement
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our local leaders also
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celebrating NCC news reporter Benjamin
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Schiller tells us more about County
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Executive Ryan McMahon’s reaction then
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tell us
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more well McMahon pray fre the
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bipartisanship at the county Governor Co
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hul’s office and the federal government
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for securing micron’s pledge to build a
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manufacturing facility here in central
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New York McMahon says he’s excited for
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the County’s
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future when you put those pieces
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together and you lay out that puzzle
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what you get is the greatest memory
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technology company in the world making
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the largest investment in their
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company’s history and the largest
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private sector investment in the state
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of New York and the United States of
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America simply simply
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breathtaking talk talk talk the event
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today was all about the County’s future
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the White House is aing Upstate New York
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as one of its next four America
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Workforce hubs the president announcing
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that more than $6 billion will be used
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as an investment in semiconductor
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Manufacturing in Upstate New York and
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Idaho and mikon is expected to start
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that construction here in clay in 2025
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they hope to start producing chips by 29
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reporting in Syracuse tonight Benjamin
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Schiller NCC
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news while the president was here
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Syracuse neighbors took to the streets
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outside the most in a protest they
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dubbed no business as usual during
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genocide referring to Israel’s war on
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Gaza protesters held signs reading Stop
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The Killing militarism is the nation’s
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canc
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how do you sleep at night and Syracuse
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says no to genocide protesters did not
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interrupt the president’s speech
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today completely if you’re if you’re
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using a computer um you know you’re your
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your life is impacted by
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this that’s right but not just Tech
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users affected the Micron announcement
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boosting housing prices in Syracuse as
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hordes of workers are expected to move
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to the area clay neighbors say they have
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quite a few concerns
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since the first announcement of micron’s
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future Mega facility coming to Clay
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opinions have flooded Central New York I
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I think that with air quality I think
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it’s just going to disrupt so much of
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the life that people are living now
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environmental concerns have been at the
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Forefront of complaints with many
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worried about an increase in traffic and
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effects on air and water quality but
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there’s another Market guaranteed to be
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impacted housing the values have risen
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um and it’s continuing it hasn’t slowed
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at all now with micine coming in it’s
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going to even be probably worse
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according to real estate broker owner
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Bill Galloway for those looking to
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become new homeowners there is no
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telling how much the market could rise
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it’s it’s hard for a first-time home
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buyer to even think about buying a home
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it’s hard for anybody to find a home at
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this point really I mean it’s bidding
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worse even with the severely increasing
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property values current homeowners face
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a different set of challenges they’re
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really getting top dollar for their
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properties
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um the only problem they have is if they
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sell where are they going to go uh the
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rental market is is maxed the housing
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market is is at an all-time high so
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that’s the only problem they have is you
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know do they move out of this area but
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it’s it’s like this everywhere in the
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country too with a low supply of
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properties on the market and an
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increasing demand Galloway believes the
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only way to lower values is with the
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construction of new homes with Micron
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set to create 50,000 more jobs only time
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will tell if Central New York has room
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for its future
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residents that was Colby Rell reporting
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Syracuse mayor Ben Walsh is pushing for
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more affordable housing when the chip
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giant starts putting shovels in the
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ground the mayor released his Syracuse
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housing strategy yesterday on top of new
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housing he’s calling for more work on
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projects already underway that includes
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the resurgent neighborhoods initiative
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which helps develop homes where rundown
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properties have been removed he’s also
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calling for more work on the 15th Ward
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Redevelopment and the community grid
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Vision
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plan today marks the third time
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President Biden has visited Syracuse in
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the last two years once for the death of
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his brother-in-law in skinny Atlas the
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other for the initial announcement of
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micron’s funding back in October of
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2022 the President also sending in a
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special message for grads of his Alma
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moer Syracuse University about a year
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ago I promise you I promise you as long
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as I’m prison I will have your back
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back considering the president’s ties to
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the central New York Community and the
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massive funding his office is deciding
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to Micron today’s visit to the Salt City
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likely won’t be his
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last that’s all the time we have for
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today on NCC news online be sure to
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stick around for our full broadcast at
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4:45 with more on this historic day for
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Central New
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York we leave you with some photos of
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our NCC news team in the field this
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afternoon thank you and we’ll see you
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soon