SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The 20 - year - old lead
abatement program run by the city of Syracuse will shut down and its four employees will be laid off because federal officials, who had criticized the city's handling of grants, rejected Syracuse's application for continued funding.
Cuomo insisted he can work productively with the mayor on combatting homelessness despite their long -
running feud, and he said one of their biggest challenges is the expiration of the 4231 - a tax
abatement program to incentivize affordable housing development in NYC.