Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of June 29, 2025.
An Upstate NY village gets a surprise visit from ICE: Why would they come for Mr. Zhang?
Sadie Skinner had just started her day as a “sandwich artist” at Shorty’s Deli in Camden last Wednesday when a bunch of cops showed up in a “blacked out” van and took away the owner of the neighboring Chinese restaurant. Skinner watched U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers put Jian Hao Zhang in the van, leaving his wife and two grown children standing in the parking lot with the local police chief. “It’s wild to me,” she said later. The Zhang family has run China Moon, on Main Street, as long as she can remember.
Syracuse’s largest homeless shelter opens onsite health wing
The Rescue Mission, Syracuse’s largest homeless shelter, has opened an onsite health center where clients can get both medical and mental health care without having leaving the building. “This medical wing represents our shared commitment to ensuring that no one is left without access to health care,” said Dan Sieburg, CEO of the Rescue Mission. The shelter is partnering with Syracuse Community Health Center on project…