With the safety of our kids always a top concern for me, I was proud to sponsor a resolution to accept state grant funding for the Onondaga County Probation Department. Part of the $1,000,000 grant will be allocated to the hiring of a school-based Threat Assessment Coordinator. At the May meeting of the Legislature’s Public…
Words cannot express how grateful and honored I am that the Village of Fayetteville chose to dedicate Canal Landing Park in my honor. The ceremony they held the day after Thanksgiving was so special and having it that day allowed many members of my family to attend, including my two sons. It is hard to…
Onondaga County Legislator Mark Olson joined other elected officials for an important community listening session and discussion of the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing Central New York’s food system. The April 2nd event at the CNY Regional Market was hosted by the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA). Organizers say the event “provided a rare…
UPDATE: The local law passed at Session, so this now will go before the voters this fall. I am co-sponsoring a local law which will be considered at our August Session. If it passes, both length of term and term limits for Onondaga County Legislators will be on the ballot this November. This will allow…
During the recent strike by New York State Corrections Officers, New York’s Governor banned state counties from hiring them into similar positions on the local level. In Onondaga County, this move came up at the March meeting of the Public Safety Committee. Onondaga County’s Sheriff was our guest, and shared as of that date, 49…
Below is the ‘Letter to the Editor’ I sent to local publications to mark the one-year anniversary of the deaths of Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosock and Syracuse Police Department Officer Michael Jensen. As Chairman of Public Safety Committee in Onondaga County, this one-year anniversary of the tragic line-of-duty deaths of Onondaga County Sheriff…
