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Syracuse youth court reports high completion rate; council signals support for one-year contract renewal
Summary
The city’s youth support coordinator told the council the Syracuse youth court completed most cases in the 2024–25 school year and described restorative programs and partner classes. Council members praised the program and staff proposed renewing the coordinator’s contract for one year, 11/01/2025–10/31/2026.
Michelle, the Syracuse youth support coordinator, told the council at the Oct. 28 work session that the youth court handled 96 cases during the 2024–25 school year and that only one participant did not complete the process after choosing to fight the charge in juvenile court. She said West Point cases made up roughly 4–5% of the caseload.
"The majority of our cases are speeding cases," Michelle said, and she described delinquency matters as the next-largest category: "We had 44 of those, and the majority of those are…
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