Spending on all three departments has outpaced the rate of inflation in recent years. A Central Current analysis of the council’s cuts reveal different things about each department’s budgets.
Government & Politics
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Compromise tough to come by as Walsh, Common Council leaders meet about budget
Councilors and Walsh met Wednesday for the first time since the Common Council voted to slash Walsh’s proposed budget.
Posted inInterstate 81
State officials plan hotline, safety measures for Syracuse residents affected by I-81 construction
Advocates, including Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, the director of the NYCLU’s Racial Justice Center, have pushed for protections for years.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Did Syracuse lawmakers abuse the state’s open meetings law while making budget cuts?
Two transparency advocates say lawmakers caucusing to discuss amendments to the city’s budget is an abuse of the state’s open meetings law — in part because of the homogeneity of the Council.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
How Syracuse officials anticipate budget cuts could affect city operations
Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens said the Common Council used a “sledgehammer, not a scalpel” to make cuts to the administration’s budget.
Posted inHousing
Tenant advocates in Syracuse rally for ‘good cause’ eviction legislation as primary elections near
Syracuse lawmakers in February took ‘good cause’ eviction legislation off the Common Council’s agenda. Tenant advocates urged voters to vote for candidates who support ‘good cause.’
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Syracuse lawmakers unanimously approve about $16M in cuts from mayor’s proposed budget
Members of the Common Council did not make the ordinances on which they voted public before Thursday’s meeting.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Syracuse lawmakers used a taxpayer-funded analysis to inform its budget cuts. You can’t read it yet.
The Common Council plans to vote Thursday on its amendments to Mayor Ben Walsh’s budget. The public won’t have access to The Bonadio Group’s analysis of Walsh’s budget until Tuesday.
Posted inOnondaga County
Onondaga County legislators approve plan to spend $27M on land to attract Micron supply chain companies
County Executive Ryan McMahon in March first floated the plan at his State of the County speech. Republicans approved the plan on a party-line vote.
Posted inCity of Syracuse
Democratic candidates for Syracuse mayor’s race face off in 1st debate
Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens, Councilor Pat Hogan and Councilor Chol Majok are vying for the Democratic line in the race for mayor of Syracuse.
