New York Senator Chuck Schumer was in Syracuse today. Schumer is introducing new federal legislation that is promising millions of dollars to rejuvenate the West Side, also known as The Salt District.
People living on the West Side have been trying to make changes to the neighborhood for years.
“Everybody’s doing something,” says June Wright who has lived in this area since she was thirteen. “With a little bit of funding that they are saying we are going to get, it will help it all. Like the housing and people getting jobs. It will help with all the crime.”
The projects main goal is to decrease the number of abandoned homes in the area which can be an eyesore in the neighborhood, deterring buyers from moving in to vacant homes.
Wright’s son, Mark Wright Sr., hopes that the increase in funding will do more than fix the abandoned buildings.
“I hope it brings more people here. We need more life residents,” says Wright Sr.
People living on the West Side have been trying to make changes to the neighborhood for years.
“Everybody’s doing something,” says June Wright who has lived in this area since she was thirteen. “With a little bit of funding that they are saying we are going to get, it will help it all. Like the housing and people getting jobs. It will help with all the crime.”
The projects main goal is to decrease the number of abandoned homes in the area which can be an eyesore in the neighborhood, deterring buyers from moving in to vacant homes.
Wright’s son, Mark Wright Sr., hopes that the increase in funding will do more than fix the abandoned buildings.
“I hope it brings more people here. We need more life residents,” says Wright Sr.
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