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=41. Public Safety Building (PSB):=

The John C. Dillon Public Safety Building is a 62,300 sq. ft. office tower shared by Syracuse City and Onondaga County governments. It is home to some City Courts, the Syracuse Police Department, the Syracuse Fire Department, and the City Marshall’s Office.

The Fire Department, headed by Chief Paul Linnertz and First Deputy Chief Kent Young, is located on the sixth floor, in suite 607. Currently 390 firefighters staff the Syracuse Fire Department which protects a 25-square-mile area with a population of 145,000 that grows significantly during daytime hours. The department protects four major hospitals, many downtown office buildings, Hancock International Airport, Interstates 81 and 690, as well as Syracuse University and the Carrier Dome. Currently, 390 firefighters staff the department. In non-emergency situations and for public information, the department can be reached at 315-473-5525. For more information, go to the department's website, located here.

The Syracuse Police Department, led by Chief of Police Frank L. Fowler, can be reached in non-emergency siuations at 315-442-5111. The information desk may be reached at 315-442-5200. The secretary to the Police Department, Sharon Kanaley, may be reached at 315-422-5251. For the complete list of department phone numbers click here, and for more information about the department itself, go to @http://www.syracusepolice.org/index.asp

The building, built in 1964, was originally constructed with an adjoined 126,650 sq. ft. jail, but the operations were relocated to the Justice Center in 1995. In 2000, the building was named in memory of John C. Dillon who served as the Sheriff of Onondaga County from 1978 to 1994.

The Syracuse City Court is located on 505 South State Street, near the Public Safety Building. It is in the 5th Judicial District in Onondaga County, and is where most of the trials are held. There are nine different court systems found within the 5th Judicial District.
 * Syracuse City Court**
 * Civil
 * Commercial Claims
 * Small Claims
 * Criminal
 * Drug Treatment
 * Community (Located in the Public Safety Building)
 * Domestic Violence
 * Traffic
 * Adolescent Diversion Part

The Syracuse City Court houses nine judges and three law clerks. The Chief Clerk is Lucia A. Sander, while the Deputy Chief Clerk is Anthony J. Procopio. Depending on the court, there are a variety of court fees that do apply to the Syracuse City Court system.

The Community Court is located in the John C. Dillon Public Safety Building. The presiding judge is Hon. Rory A. McMahon and the coordinator is Matthew L. Brown.
 * Community Court**

The Syracuse Community Court is committed to invigorating justice for both the community and the defendant. Prior to the Court's existence, defendants charged with traditional "Quality of Life" infractions were usually fined minimally or released into the community without penalty or supervision. This practice addressed neither the Social Service needs of the defendant nor the Community's need for justice.
 * Background and Purpose of Community Court**

511 South State Street Syracuse, NY 13202
 * Location**:





=42. Museum of Science and Technology (MoST):=
 * The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (c) Syracuse.com ||
 * The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (c) Syracuse.com ||

The Museum of Science and Technology is a big cultural draw--particularly for area youngsters--to the Armory Square district of downtown Syracuse. Currently, MoST is searching for a new president. It is home to the [|Bristol IMAX Omnitheater], which features a domed screen that is six stories tall and 66 feet in diameter. The theater contains 44 speakers that will produce 11,600 watts of audio power, and a 15,000 watt xenon short-arc lamp projector. The muesum also features many hands-on exhibits, such as the Earth Science Discovery Cave, where visitors can venture through a life-size naturalistic cave and learn about cavern and fossil formation. The MoST also offers a twenty-four-foot, domed planetarium, which features special shows or may be reserved for private events. There is a Telecommunications Lab where visitors can see the evolution of telecommunications from morse code to modern-day computer technology. You'll also find an interactive tool on the website that allows people to ask a MoST scientist a question and recieve an answer by e-mail. In 2009 Stan Munro created "Toothpick City 2: Temples and Towers" An exhibit of 20 famous religious buildings and towers from across the world. The project was made out of only toothpicks and Elmer's glue

Making More of the MOST Campaign
Downtown Syracuse’s MOST is currently working to revamp their programs. They are in the midst of the public phase of an $8.9 million capital campaign to revitalize their major exhibit areas.

**Newest Attraction: Mosaic Exhibit**
The MOST has embarked upon an exciting revitalization project to create six new themed, dynamic, hands-on exhibits as of late. Five of the six exhibits have been completed, and the final one – Energy – was installed in 2013. The MOST was created by the Syracuse community and, to symbolize the importance of the community-MOST partnership, is going to add one more exhibit – a giant community photo mosaic.

The MOST is using this project to raise money and finish off its Making More of the MOST Campaign. The museum will charge individuals set prices to have their pictures put in the mosaic. The prices can be viewed here.

The Mosaic looks similar to this: =__Accolades/Miscellaneous__=

The MoST is a 100% Green Energy Club Member 2010/2011. The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology has shown leadership and commitment to green energy values by purchasing 100% of their electricity requirements from clean renewable energy. Renewable energy helps the environment by reducing air pollution and lower green-house gasses.

The MoST is also dedicated to the safety and comfort of their guests and employees. For the protection of the general public, MoST sanitizes their science center by applying a 100% safe, EPA registered disinfectant, to sanitize with 100% coverage, on all surfaces of the facility.



__HOURS & LOCATION:__
-The MoST is CLOSED Mondays and Tuesdays -The MoST is OPEN from 10:00am to 5:00pm Wednesday thru Sunday -IMAX Movies will play on Saturday evenings until 9:00pm. -Prices can be found here

500 South Franklin Street Syracuse, New York 13202 (315) 425-9068 Official website: @http://www.most.org/

=43. PILOT:= PILOT is an acronym for "Payment In Lieu of Taxes", which are Federal payments to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable Federal lands within their boundaries. Payments in lieu of taxes for nonprofit organizations are voluntary. According to a 2010 report by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, between 2000 and 2010 PILOTs were used in at least 18 states.

This term is in the news recently because of the negotiations for Destiny USA. In 2000, the city of Syracuse extended a 1988 agreement with Pyramid Companies keeping Carousel Center off property-tax rolls through a payment-in-lieu-of-tax (PILOT) arrangement, and developed a similar PILOT plan, worth up to 200 million dollars, for Destiny. PILOT deals allow private developers to build on public land without holding the title. The city now claims that Pyramid broke its PILOT agreement for Destiny in 2005 by switching from private financing for the project’s first phase to a county bond-sponsored loan package. The new package is worth over 300 million dollars. Other financing is planned to come from private sources as well as county, state, and federal bonds. After the city said its PILOT agreement expired at the end of December 2005, Pyramid sued. In 2005, the Pyramid Companies proposed a new financing package worth $375 million to the city. In May 2006, Mayor Matt Driscoll formally agreed to grant Pyramid Companies the tax breaks that it has requested. However in June 2006, the Syracuse Common Council refused to accept Pyramid's financing proposal. Since then the issue has continued to reappear in incidents and was one of the hot topics for 2009 mayor election. A timeline of the significant events in Destiny USA's struggle to get off the ground can be found through this link: Destiny Timeline. One approved PILOT was for the Hotel Skyler project in August 2010.

Destiny USA will not be expanding any more since its remodel from the old Carousel Mall ended in 2012. The City of Syracuse will not receive any property taxes from Destiny USA for 30 years, when the PILOT contract expires in 2037. This agreement was made in 2007 between the developer of the Destiny USA, Robert Congel and the city of Syracuse. If Congel was unable to complete the final phase of the expansion, the PILOT agreement would have been voided, and the city would had been able to collect property taxes on the mall. [|An article on Syracuse.com lays out the details of the agreement with Mayor Stephanie Miner.]

Overhead look of Destiny USA (c) Syracuse.com

=44. NAACP:= Founded on Feb. 12 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization. For nearly 100 years, the NAACP has advocated justice for minorities of every background or ethnicity. The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. In 2002, Preston Fagan took over Donna Reese as president of the Syracuse-Onondaga County chapter and still heads the organization today. There are 56 branches in New York State, including a [|Syracuse/Onondaga County branch.] The current President and CEO of the NAACP is Cornell William Brooks, who took over in 2014.

Syracuse/Onondaga County NAACP 2307 South Salina Street Syracuse, NY 13205

Preston Fagan NAACP President for the Syracuse/Onondaga County Chapter P.O. Box 397 Syracuse, NY 13205

Fagan.preston@syr.sysco.com

gfagan@twcny.rr.com

(315) 422-6933 – Work (315) 430-3533—Mobile

NAACP President of the Syracuse/Onondaga County Chapter

President and CEO of the NAACP ||
 * [[image:Cornell_William_Brooks_headshot.jpg width="240" height="336"]] ||
 * Cornell William Brooks


 * Official Website: [|naacp.org]**

=45. SUN:= "Community Helping Community" Syracuse United Neighbors is a grassroots community organization founded in 1977. It works with south, south west, and west side residents to fight for homes that are affordable and in good repair, for equal access to quality public services, for a crime and drug-free community and for an end to financially reclining and predatory loans. SUN is apart of the [|National People’s Action (NPA)] organizing network, a coalition of neighborhood groups from over 30 states that work on changing national policies that have a direct effect on local neighborhoods. The Metlife Foundation named SUN as a finalist in 2006 in its Community-Police Partnership Awards. Online archives trace back to July of 2003 for the public to view.

SUN Members work for neighborhoods that have:
 * 1) Homes that are affordable and in good repair
 * 2) Equal access to quality public services
 * 3) Crime and drug-free streets
 * 4) Access to fair credit and decent bank lending

SUN members take the lead role in all of SUN’s activities–facilitating public meetings, testifying at government hearings and negotiating with representatives from private industry, government officials and executives of non-profit agencies.

Each group has a monthly meeting in the community run by local residents who wish to improve the local community. This is a list of SUN’s monthly coalition meetings:

** Southside and Southwest Action Coalition: ** Every 2nd Tuesday of the month Brady Faith Center, 404 South Ave., 7 PM

** Westside Coalition: ** Every 3rd Monday of the month Brown Memorial Church, S. Geddes/Delaware, 7 PM

** Skunk City Neighborhood Association: ** Every 3rd Wednesday of the month Mundy Library, S. Geddes & Rowland, 6:30 PM

1540 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13205 Phone: (315) 476-7475 Open Monday-Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM
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