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Common Council enters statement urging Citizens Review Board to resume investigations under Syracuse city code
Summary
Councilor Moore read a council statement into the record supporting the Citizens Review Board and directing it to resume investigations consistent with the authority granted under the Syracuse city code, while acknowledging the decision could face legal challenge.
Councilor Moore entered a written statement supporting the Citizens Review Board and asked the clerk to include it in the record. "We believe the citizens review board should continue to fulfill the duties assigned to it by local law unless and until a court determines otherwise," Moore read aloud during committee reports.
Moore told the chamber the letter had been signed by council members and that a few had not yet signed but intended to do so. The statement directs the CRB to resume investigations consistent with the authority in the Syracuse city code and acknowledges the possibility of legal challenge. The transcript records the council entering the statement into the record but does not include the full text of the board's prior order or any pending court filings.
