WAER Syracuse Public Media

18/07/2025

This weekend in Syracuse: cars, food, tours and more! 🚗🍴🗺

Check out our community calendar, updated weekly, for local ways to spend your weekend or submit your own event. Visit waer.org/community-calendar for more. 📲📅

17/07/2025

ICYMI: The US Senate has voted to rescind $1.1 billion of federal funding already approved for public media stations across the country, plus funding for next year.

Read more about the impact this bill has on your local stations, and how you can help, on waer.org. 💻📲

The US Senate approved a rescission bill that strips $1.1 billion from public media funding, affecting all public radio and television stations. WAER loses 11% of yearly budget for the next two years.

17/07/2025

WAER Syracuse Public Media and other public radio and television stations will lose a combined $1.1 billion over the next two years, after the US Senate approved a recission bill from the White House. Locally that affects WAER, WCNY and WRVO, as well as other partner stations across New York.

Read more about the approved rescission on waer.org. 📲

The US Senate approved a recission bill that strips $1.1 Billion from public media funding, affecting all public radio and televisions stations. WAER loses 11% of yearly budget for the next two years.

17/07/2025

In yet another unusual twist, John Sarcone is back on the job as the top federal prosecutor for the Northern District of New York.

Explore the full story on waer.org.

After a panel of judges on Monday declined John Sarcone's bid for a permanent appointment, Bondi named Sarcone special attorney to the Attorney General and First Assistant U.S. Attorney – putting him back in charge of the office for the foreseeable future.

17/07/2025

The future of the former Skyline Apartment building in Syracuse remains in limbo more than three months after the city announced it was seeking a receiver to take over the troubled property.

Explore the full story on waer.org. 📲

Clear Investment of Chicago bought the Skyline and Vincent apartment complexes over two years ago, but there's been little work done to address code violations and make them suitable for new renters.

16/07/2025

New York is suing the Trump administration for withholding billions of dollars in education grants, calling the funding freeze “unconstitutional” and “capricious.”

16/07/2025

HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. Senate is debating a White House-backed rescission bill that could eliminate federal funding already approved for public media, including WAER.

Read more on waer.org.

Federal funding for public media is often misunderstood. An explanation can clear up where it comes from and goes, though which mechanisms. Political changes are bringing threats to continued funding.

15/07/2025

Police have identified the students as 24-year-old Aoyo Cui and 23-year-old Wanshan Li.

Read the full story on waer.org.

Police identified student killed in the dump-truck-pedestrian accident as 23-year-old Wanshan Li and 24-year-old Aoyo Cui. Authorities say they were walking near campus on Adams street when hit Thursday.

14/07/2025

ACR Health’s biggest fundraiser will now take place Sept. 18 at Onondaga Lake Park.

14/07/2025

A panel of federal judges declined Monday to permanently appoint interim U.S. Attorney John Sarcone as the chief prosecutor for the Northern District of New York.

14/07/2025

The advisory is in effect until midnight Monday, July 14.

Read more on waer.org. 📱💻

Health officials warn people to limit time outdoors due to fine particle pollution.