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Despite the overall decrease, certain pockets of the city are seeing a rise in complaints with 56.4% coming from the Northside.
![A group of faculty members from the ENL, World Language and Bilingual Education department. Photo courtesy of the ENL, World Language and Bilingual Education department.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-10.10.56-AM-e1620055075226-768x512.png)
NY state education data revealed graduation rates are at an all-time high of 70.7% with English language learners seeing the most dramatic improvement.
![Faegan's Cafe & Pub near Marshall Street on March 9, 2021](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8558_2-e1615412817599-768x513.jpg)
The reopening of Faegan’s Cafe & Pub and the grand opening of Salt City Coffee is bringing new life to the Hill.
![Pastor Daren Jaime of People’s AME Zion Church on Syracuse’s South Side receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the church’s vaccination site on January 25, 2021.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/pastorimage-e1614612552237-768x513.jpg)
As of Feb. 24, only 2.5% of those with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in Central New York were Black.
![Nottingham High School senior class president Malik Robinson (upper left corner), Nottingham teacher Cavin Robinson (center) and SCSD students involved in the Black History Month virtual presentation started preparing for the event in mid-January, Ahmed said.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-75-1-e1614612843442-768x512.png)
Malik Robinson, Nottingham High School senior class president, advocates for “Black excellence” by creating an annual student-run Black History Month event.
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BIPOC survivors fail to receive the empowerment and belief afforded their white counterparts, but social media platforms provide a place for them to start healing.
![From left to right, Nicolina Pizzuto's staff photo from the 2019-2020 school year and her staff photo from 1991 when she began teaching at LeMoyne Elementary school.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Pizzuto_1-e1614613663457-768x513.jpg)
Teaching at LeMoyne for 30 years, Nicolina Pizzuto has taken on the challenge of teaching a new grade level and doing so virtually during her final year.
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Three Onondaga County union reps who work in the Department of Children and Family Services are sounding an alarm that the child welfare system is understaffed, putting local kids at risk.
![Voters filter into the Immaculate Conception Church in Fayetteville on Election Day 2020 to submit their ballots.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_BillmanE_Voting_03-768x512.jpg)
Deaf and hard-of-hearing voters must overcome many obstacles to vote.
![October 18th, 2020. Joseph's granddaughter hugs him after tiring herself out being a peacock and showing off her feathers.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Kang_Kang_20_10_18_340_09-1-768x512.jpg)
Retired Syracuse business exec Joseph Pagano won’t let COVID-19 or MS keep him from being with the ones he loves.