State sends funding to Syracuse, Onondaga County to help fight teen crime

The Hochul Administration is sending an extra $4.5 million to fight crime in Syracuse and Onondaga County. The funds will focus on getting teens out of the crime business. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the good news is violent crime is down in central New York, but property crime is up, and some of that is pinned on young people. Hochul is putting state funds into diversion programs that are already working to help youth.

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