SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR) -- For years, the Dickerson Street and South Clinton Street intersection has been a hotspot for Syracuse's homeless community. But now there is a clear divider between the Rescue Mission and downtown Syracuse after a chain link fence was put up Wednesday morning.

"I'm not in support of the fence, but I think we've got to do something to mitigate the influence of the Rescue Mission," Jeffrey Fudesco, a lifelong Syracuse resident, said. "They call it the 'Rescue Mission Neighborhood.' That means that it's off the books, there's no taxes, and it's just all poverty services."

Fudesco said over the past three years, the area underneath the bridge has become an open drug market.

"It's really hurt business downtown...especially for City Market," he said. "Working-class an

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