Syracuse, N.Y. — More than 150 people packed the Clay Town Hall today to fight back against Onondaga County’s efforts to evict a 91-year-old widow from her home to make way for Micron Technology.
The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency is trying to use eminent domain to evict Azalia King from the house on Caughdenoy Road, where the agency promised in writing she could spend the rest of her life.
More than 30 people spoke today at a public hearing about the eviction, all but one of them in support of letting King stay in her home. Most of the speakers blasted the county’s move as cruel and unnecessary…