Syracuse mayor meets with SU consultant on arena, but her questions remain | syracuse.com

   Mayor Stephanie Miner of Syracuse is in an interesting spot. She just wrote the Governor asking for millions of dollars in aid to fix water pipes and buy police cars that she says the strapped city cannot afford.
    Meanwhile she was left out of talks between Mr. Cuomo and County Executive Joanie Mahoney about building a $500M sports arena in conjunction with Syracuse Uninversity.

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    Mayor Miner had demanded to see the feasibility studies behind the proposal as she has questions. Questions like how can a city that cannot afford police cars build a half billion dollar hoop shrine ?
     For now the Mayor is odd person out as the blame for the project not going ahead is placed on her. Ms. Mahoney has had much warmer relations with the Governor while the Mayor is still said to be out of favor for her criticism of pension smoothing a couple of years ago.

Syracuse mayor meets with SU consultant on arena, but her questions remain | syracuse.com