On background, if you're not familiar with Tito Jackson, he is a Boston
City Councilor who decided to make himself a champion of last year's «Save Our Public Schools» campaign and one of their main surrogates.
Mahoney, after all, was a former
city councilor who was sympathetic to urban issues.
Pat Hogan, a former Syracuse
city councilor who lost a primary challenge to Mayor Stephanie Miner last year, is now considering a run against another fellow Democrat: Sen. David Valesky.
Hogan is
a city councilor who has reached a term limit.
He has subpoenaed city hall for documents and testimony related to affidavits in the lawsuit signed by two
city councilors who are allies of Miner.
Among other things, Fitzpatrick is looking for evidence of alleged wrongdoing connected with what he called «phony affidavits» filed in the lawsuit by two
city councilors who are friendly with Miner.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two of
the city councilors who most frustrate Mayor Stephanie Miner were rejected Saturday by the Syracuse Democratic Committee, which voted overwhelmingly to endorse two challengers to run in their places in November.
Not exact matches
City councilor Hilde Niezen launched the initiative with activist and Gouda resident Paul Smit,
who has championed the Meat Free Monday cause for many years.
SIDA Chairman Bill Ryan,
who is also a former
city councilor and now the mayor's chief of staff, says he thought the continuous battles between the mall's ownership and the
city would go away after this summer.
Among the roughly 20 people
who spoke in favor of the tax breaks today were Walt Dixie and Twiggy Billue, of Jubilee Homes; Vito Sciscioli, former
city economic development director; City Councilor Chad Ryan and County Legislator Chris Ryan; Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Chiefs; former City Councilor Mike Atkins; and Lauren Staniec, leader of the Syracuse chapter of the U.S. Green Building Coun
city economic development director;
City Councilor Chad Ryan and County Legislator Chris Ryan; Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Chiefs; former City Councilor Mike Atkins; and Lauren Staniec, leader of the Syracuse chapter of the U.S. Green Building Coun
City Councilor Chad Ryan and County Legislator Chris Ryan; Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Chiefs; former
City Councilor Mike Atkins; and Lauren Staniec, leader of the Syracuse chapter of the U.S. Green Building Coun
City Councilor Mike Atkins; and Lauren Staniec, leader of the Syracuse chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Masterpole is the only other contender
who has won an election, having served as
city councilor, county legislator and
city auditor.
Syracuse Common
Councilor Nadar Maroun said the
city assessor has sent out about 800 letters to new property owners
who would be affected by the change.
Democratic
Councilor Khalid Bey,
who sponsored the ordinance, said if a contractor is too burdened by the requirement, the
city can find someone else.
Councilor Nader Maroun and other
councilors are questioning if that is fair to other businesses and
city residents
who are behind on their taxes.
Only 36 of 451 Syracuse police officers live inside
city limits, according to City Auditor Marty Masterpole, who researched the issue for council
city limits, according to
City Auditor Marty Masterpole, who researched the issue for council
City Auditor Marty Masterpole,
who researched the issue for
councilors.
Patrick Hogan sent out a statement from
City Councilor Kathleen Joy,
who took umbrage at the response to Susan Arbetter's Weiner question.
Syracuse Common
Councilor Nadar Maroun said the
city assessor has sent out about 800 letters to new property owners
who will now get a rebate check instead of a credit on their tax bill under the STAR Rebate Program.
DeFrancisco said today he's never voted for Miner,
who is in her first term as mayor and also served as a
city councilor - at - large from 2002 to 2009.
Hogan is supporting two incumbent Democratic
city councilors and one challenger
who were not endorsed by Miner or the Democratic Party establishment.
Other likely candidates include Joe Nicoletti, a Common
Councilor and longtime
City Hall staffer, Andy Maxwell, Miner's director of policy and innovation and Alfonso Davis,
who ran against Miner in 2013.
The only comments at the brief ceremony came from Walsh's father, Jim,
who spent many days in Syracuse
City Hall as a Common
Councilor, and later represented central New York in Congress.
Two Syracuse Common
Councilors said they are looking forward to working with Ben Walsh,
who won the
city's mayoral election late Tuesday night.
Other Syracuse and Central New York officials
who signed the letter include: Syracuse Common
Councilor Helen Hudson; Syracuse
City Auditor Martin Masterpole; Syracuse School Board President Patricia Body; DeWitt Town
Councilor Kerin Rigney; Onondaga County Legislature Democratic Leader Linda Ervin; Onondaga County Legislator Peggy Chase; Oswego
City School Board Member Michael McLaughlin; and Oswego
City School Board Member Sam Tripp.
But former Albuquerque
City Councilor Eric Griego,
who helped create the system, said it's not meant to be easy.
City Councilor Pat Hogan, a Democrat
who said he is thinking about running for mayor against Miner, wrote a letter to Cuomo Friday apologizing for Miner's words in the Times.
The
city sent McMahon,
who is a former
city councilor, a notice in November 2013 that said his sidewalk had been condemned.
He became a Destiny tutor, giving briefings to anyone
who'd listen — from Democratic Syracuse
city councilors to then - Gov.
«I think Obama's foreign policy is in free fall, and Wilson has vastly more experience and more qualifications to deal with these issues than Heinrich,
who is basically an Albuquerque
city councilor guy,» said New Mexico Republican state Sen. Rod Adair.
And Denno and Kessner were among six
councilors who voted to approve giving the Common Council added authority over the
city planning commission.
Those positions are now filled by
councilors who went to battle with Mayor Billy Barlow and
City Attorney Kevin Caraccioli last month over a sewer contract with the town of Oswego.
That's especially true for the five district
councilors,
who are expected to attend frequent neighborhood meetings and
who get daily requests for help with
city services.
After an hourlong meeting with
city finance commissioner David DelVecchio,
who is also treasurer of the urban renewal agency,
councilors said they still had unresolved questions.
So was County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon,
who had been a
city councilor until 2012 and had often crossed party lines to collaborate with Miner.
In January, Denno will be one of five returning
councilors who supported the measure, which changes the
city charter to give the council more power to prevent proposed developments from being killed when they don't pass muster with the five - person planning commission.
She stood with New York's attorney general, the mayor, the county executive, two state senators, a state assemblyman,
city councilors and others
who have worked to renovate the Near West Side of Syracuse.
City Councilor Craig Kelley asked for clearer outlines of
who exactly would be affected by the ordinance.
There are no pet stores in the
city that sell puppies or kittens from commercial breeders, according to
Councilor Matt O'Malley of Jamaica Plain,
who proposed the initiative.
One story covered in the article involves Boston lawyer Edward A. Prisby
who was rear - ended by a Cambridge
city councilor and ranted about it on his blog, Prizblog.