KELLMAN: HELLO AND WELCOME TO YOUR N-C-C NEWS WEB BRIEF. MY NAME IS BERNIE KELLMAN AND THESE ARE TODAY’S TOP STORIES…
NEW YORK’S FIRST EVER EARLY ELECTION PERIOD WRAPPED UP THIS SUNDAY AND NOW WE GET TO SEE HOW OPENING THE POLLS EARLY AFFECTED VOTER TURNOUT.
AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED LAST NIGHT BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER DUSTIN CZARNY TWEETED THAT ALMOST 16-HUNDRED PEOPLE VOTED BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND THAT MORE THAN 20-PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED EARLY DID NOT VOTE AT ALL IN THE LAST ODD-YEAR ELECTION.
CZARNEY SAYS THAT THE INCREASE IN VOTER TURNOUT IS A GOOD SIGN BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS…
Czarny: Your vote is more important in local elections than in any other election because these are the people that will determine what your daily life is like.
Kellman: EARLY VOTING MAY BE OVER BUT NATIONAL ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW. SO MAKE SURE TO GET OUT AND VOTE! YOU CAN FIND YOUR NEAREST POLLING PLACE BY VISITING THE ONONDAGA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.
TODAY THE SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL VOTED TO DELAY THEIR DECISION ON THE FATE OF A HISTORIC BUILDING.
THE ANGELORO BUILDING ON NORTH STATE STREET HAS BEEN STANDING IN SYRACUSE FOR OVER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTEEN YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY THE HOME OF SAN MIGUEL MEXICAN RESTAURANT… NOW THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING IS LOOKING TO KNOCK IT DOWN.
PRESERVATIONIST GROUPS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN PUSHING LOCAL OFFICIALS GRANT THE BUILDING PROTECTED SITE STATUS, WHICH WOULD PREVENT THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.
TODAY THEY COMMON COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD DELAY THEIR DECISION ON THE ISSUE IN ORDER TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION BEFORE HOLDING A VOTE.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY SYRACUSE HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DIAGNOSIS IN THE NATION.
TODAY SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER SPOKE AT UPSTATE MEDICAL HOSPITAL TO CALL ON THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
ACCORDING TO THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION’S STUDY THE SYRACUSE RATE OF M-S DIAGNOSIS IS 45 PER TEN-THOUSAND PEOPLE, ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH AS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE REASON FOR SYRACUSE’S UNUSUALLY HIGH RATE OF M-S IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.
IF THERE’S ONE THING AMERICANS LOVE IT IS THEIR FRIED CHICKEN.
Sunday marked the much anticipated return of the Popeye’s chicken sandwich.
Yesterday the sandwich made a triumphant COMEBACK. People flocked to Popeye’s franchises across the country where some twitter users reported wait times of up to an hour for the sandwich. If Syracuse resident’s want to get their hands on A BITE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA CRAZE for themselves they can find them at either of the two Popeye’s locations across the city.
