April 4, 2022

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N • Faculty fellow

C • Happy Holi

S • An ‘off day’

SU associate professor Seyeon Lee plans to help create an accessible space at the Northside Women’s Wellness Center for her project. Page 3

White clothes soon turned into colorful masterpieces for SASA’s Holi celebration which kept with tradition: throwing colored powder onto other revelers. Page 6

Syracuse fell behind 12-0 against Notre Dame and eventually fell 22-6 in a loss that displayed the Orange’s lack of consistency this season. Page 12

Running out of time

New York’s state budget was originally due April 1, but a variety of issues have stalled the process Historically, the tuition assistance program has been the subject of funding cuts in the state budget, but this year both the SUNY and CUNY systems are expected to receive increased funding. The total amount of funding is dependent on other programs in the state budget.

Story by Danny Amron asst. news editor

Illustration by Maya Goosmann digital design director

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ew York state failed to submit a finalized state budget by its April 1 deadline. As of April 3, state legislators and Gov. Kathy Hochul have yet to agree upon a budget. The delay is largely due to continued debate over several major budgetary items. While Hochul proposed a record $216.3 billion budget, the legislature’s proposal was around $6 billion greater. According to a memo from the Office of the New York State Comptroller, if a new budget is not finalized by 4 p.m. on April 4, payments from the state government, including paychecks for state employees, will be halted. The halting of payments does not affect most aspects of the State University of New York, City University of New York or the State Insurance Fund, per the memo. The Daily Orange broke down the major issues stalling the budgetary process.

SUNY/CUNY funding

State Democrats have proposed increased funding for both public school systems in the state of New York to recruit new faculty, expand the state school systems’ capital and operating expenses and increase funds for the state’s tuition assistance program, according to The New York Times.

Bail reform

According to an article from the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, New York state has not considered an individual’s threat to public safety when determining bail eligibility. New York is one of the few remaining states in the United States to not have such a policy, per the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Hochul’s 10-point plan for bail reform, as first obtained by the New York Post, includes policies that would specifically target firearm-related crime and increase the number of bail-eligible crimes. Under Hochul’s plan, more repeat offenses and gun-related offenses would be bail-eligible, but the plan would make it easier to prosecute gun trafficking. Additionally, judges would be able to consider whether an individual was a threat to public safety when determining bail eligibility for more serious felonies by considering their past firearm use, possession and criminal history. Certain offenses that are currently subject to desk appearance notices – including gun-related, hate crime and subway crime offenses – would be

see budget page 4

student association

SA executive candidates discuss dining halls, mental health By Danis Cammett and Dominic Chiappone the daily orange

The 2022 Student Association campaign debate took place at the K.G. Tan Auditorium of Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center on Thursday night, featuring candidates running for the positions of comptroller, executive vice president and president. Moriah Humiston and

Chilekasi Adele of CitrusTV moderated the debate.

Comptroller

The first position presented at the debate was the comptroller, who is responsible for overseeing the SA finance board as its head. Comptrollers, despite not having a vote, advise the board on financial recommendations and decisions. They are also responsible for holding fiscal agent training

sessions for student organizations and manage the financial schedule that goes to student organizations. The only candidate for SA comptroller this year is the incumbent Nyah Jones, a junior sports management major. In her opening address, Jones focused on her transparency as comptroller over the past term. She said she has provided more information — such as the reason to decline certain financial requests — to stu-

dents at SA meetings. The current comptroller also said she will continue to make herself more accessible for students and organizations to contact at all hours. If she is reelected, Jones said she will continue the initiatives and goals she has started during her past term, such as continuing to make changes to the fiscal codes and making sure SA is in “good and caring hands.” Jones also mentioned that she is currently working on a new program

named “The fiscal codes study session,” an optional training for registered student organizations, open to the entire student body. Jones said SA funding has been equally and evenly distributed based on the fiscal codes, and said she’s seen many more minority organizations receiving funding in the past year compared to previous years. In her concluding remarks, Jones stated that she wants to be see debate page 4


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