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  • 1 week ago | cnycentral.com | Matt Mulcahy

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. — On Thursday, the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office announced a new victim in a child sex crime case and 19 more charges against Level 1 sex offender Ryan Pontello. A girl and her parents are closely following the developments in the case because she was one of Pontello's victims 12 years ago. She is now entering her senior year of high school as a standout student. Yet, the news of Pontello's arrest on June 10 brought painful childhood memories for her and her parents.

  • 2 weeks ago | cnycentral.com | Matt Mulcahy

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A long-awaited audit of the Walsh administration's payroll modernization project has been released, revealing significant issues with the initiative that cost the city over $8 million in the past five years. The 36-page report highlights an overreliance on waivers for companies doing business with the city and calls for improved oversight and control over large IT projects.

  • 1 month ago | cnycentral.com | Matt Mulcahy

    Syracuse, N.Y. -- A private meeting in the City of Syracuse’s Strathmore neighborhood between city leaders and global consultant EY (Ernst & Young) raises new questions about how taxpayer dollars were spent on the information technology project known as Payroll Modernization. The administration of Mayor Ben Walsh spent $8.1 million over five years and the project is not complete. The brainstorming meeting took place over two days in October of 2022.

  • 2 months ago | cnycentral.com | Matt Mulcahy

    Font familyFont colorCharacter edgeCharacter edge colorBackground colorWindow colorTOPICS:SyracusePayrollUpgradeCouncilCostsDelaysModernizationProjectSYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Nearly all the members of the Syracuse common council turned out for a committee level meeting this morning to raise concerns about the multi-million dollar, much delayed overhaul of the city’s payroll and other computer systems.

  • 2 months ago | cnycentral.com | Matt Mulcahy

    The lasting impact of the Information Technology contract controversy at Syracuse City Hall is apparent. At the end of March, the Finance Commissioner for the administration of Mayor Ben Walsh admitted the lagging Payroll Modernization project consumed so much of his time he was months overdue with work needed for a critical outside audit.

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13 Jun 25

The new system could not cut a paper check. Audit reveals failures in Walsh administration's payroll modernization project. https://t.co/0oq3LYKK7t

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9 Jun 25

Long awaited outside audit complete of Mayor Walsh's payroll modernization attempt. https://t.co/jUF4SkOVqK