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Utica, NY (WIBX) - Following a tour of the former HBSC building in downtown Utica, Councilman Jim Zecca plans to re-introduce legislation at this Wednesday's council meeting enacting a moratorium on demolition of commercial structures.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - Utica's Deputy City Engineer continues to brief the Finance Committee about the city's looming infrastructure and repair woes.

Armed with a list of 10 properties that the Urban Renewal Agency says need to be demolished, City Engineer Goren Smiljic is asking for $5 million to help rebuild, remediate and demolish some of Utica's top eyesores and trouble spots

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - Utica Councilmen Jim Zecca and Frank Vescera plan to introduce a resolution at Wednesday night's Common Council meeting that would require the City Clerk to submit all proposed legislation in electronic form to the Council no later than the Monday before the regularly scheduled Council meetings.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Utica Police Department is unveiling the first of five new police cars!

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Utica Common Council has authorized an additional $600,000 to complete the roundabout at Oneida Square.

That project, which began major construction in early August, has hit some bumps in the road along the way.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The new roundabout construction project in Utica has apparently gone over budget, but by how much is anyone's guess.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The proposal to reduce the number of Utica Common Councilors, drafted by second district representative James Zecca (D), was sent to committee for further review. 

Zecca, in an effort to s

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Utica Councilman Jim Zecca will introduce legislation at tomorrow night's Common Council meeting to reduce the number of council members from nine to eight.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - Second Ward Utica Common Council candidate Larry Tanoury, Junior is responding to comments made by Republican challenger Rebecca King.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - "I come here as a citizen, not as an expert in hydrofracking" - the words of  Orin Dominico, an invited guest offering insight to the group of elected officials. Last night, the Utica Common Council listened to City residents opposed to Hydrofracking

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