The Syracuse Common Council has placed the city clerk on paid leave while an investigation is conducted The council decided ...

The former Erie County deputy finance clerk who embezzled more than $320,000 in public money was sentenced Friday to one to four years in state prison by Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio.

Dascenzo was appointed last year to succeed longtime Clerk Anthony Vivo who had retired. The departure means the terms for all of the county’s deputy clerks will expire on the 26th as well.

She alleges that while she worked as deputy city clerk, city council member Candida Affa and other white colleagues subjected her to a racially hostile environment, which included name calling.

Another personnel investigation is underway at the city of North Branch while its highest officials differ on details of a key meeting with the former deputy city clerk.

Learn more. Kristen Barth, who has worked as deputy town clerk since February 2023, has officially transitioned to the role of town clerk. Former longtime Town Clerk Tody Justice moved fully to ...