Tuesday brought news, broken by the Times Union, that Spectrum News’s Solomon Syed will be leaving the network.
Solomon, a Niskayuna native and the brother of town supervisor Yasmine Syed, with whom he shared a dorm in college, is known in the Schenectady County town for his hotheaded temperament, having last year lashed out at the teenage daughter of Yasmine's Democratic opponent at an event hosted by the town’s Co-Op grocery store. Solomon was also, in 2017, involved with his mother in an unhinged Facebook fight, operating under the thinly veiled pseudonym Solo Sy, against numerous town residents in defense of Yasmine. Both incidents prompted complaints to Spectrum management by town residents, although they are not believed to have played a role in his departure.
In the Times Union’s article, the sneaker-obsessed 38 year old recommended that those interested in his next move follow him on Twitter or Instagram.
While Solomon does have a law degree from Quinnipiac, he is not licensed to practice in New York, making any such career shift unlikely.
Some town residents speculate that a shift into Republican politics or right-wing media is probable, although others believe it is more likely that he will land in a communications gig at Ellis Hospital, where his father is Chief of Surgery. Ellis previously hired Yasmine to be their father's "operations and practice manager."
One potential political landing spot for Solomon is the administration of controversial, Twitter-hooked Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, who is in need of communications help as he heads into a surely contentious 2021 re-election fight, and has had friendly interviews with Solomon in the past. The two could pair nicely if they split social media trolling duties between platforms..
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