Bernardi era reshaped Syracuse housing and demolitions
The piece contrasts Tom Young and Roy Bernardi on housing in Syracuse. Bernardi boasts of federal state partnerships and a city push to rehab homes, increase code enforcement, and demolish 1,129 buildings, while opponents cite rising vacancies from 4 81 in 1994 to 1 085 in 2001 and question local resource use. Rep. Walsh’s $25 million federal funding supports downtown demolitions and renovations.
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Bernardi
Housing Visions
Craig
East Genesee Sree
Jim Blakeman
Bernati
Syracuse
James Walsh
Onondaga
Bernard
TNT
Bernardi Sai
Demolition trends under Mayor Bernardi in Syracuse housing
A 1994 to 2001 overview shows annual demolished housing counts from 130 in 1994 to 57 in 2001. The subcommittee on housing funded the Syracuse Neighborhood Initiative in 1999 to tackle vacant housing, with private sector aims of 3 million and a council borrowing 5.3 million to boost streets, parks, and redevelopment. The plan targets Near West Side housing, lofts in Hanover Square, and multiple building renovations.
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Roy Bernardi
Syracuse
Bernardi
Near West Side
Hanover Square
O.M. Edwards
Franklin Square
North Townsend Street
Mayors landlord Roy Bernardi recalls housing efforts in Syracuse
Former Syracuse mayor Roy Bernardi recalls owning a four family rental with Alice at 819 Kirkpatrick St from 1988 to 2001. He says housing policy and TNT neighborhood programs aimed to fix aging stock despite economic pressures and population decline.
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Roy Bernardi
Syracuse
Alice
Bernardi
Rt 15
Kirkpatrick St
Northeast
Walsh
Joe Nastt
Tragic family shooting in Syracuse shocks Vietnamese community
Neighbors watched as police carried bodies from a Kirkpatack Street home after an officer fatally shot Andy Tran during a knife attack. The Tran family, longtime Vietnamese refugees, moved from Vietnam over a decade ago. Community members recall three brothers and a father who were loving parents as flowers, balloons, and a Virgin Mary painting were left on the front steps in tribute.
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Tran
Andy Tran
University Hospital
Ga County Medical Examiner's
T 0
Chris Webb
Kirkpatack St
Vietnam
Bob Huss
Syracuse
Huss
Tan
Trang
Tran Brothers
Mary Beth Jones
Steuben Steel
Syracus
Kirkpatrck
Singleton
Gil
Danny
Randy
Andy
Michele McGiveron
Bch Kirkpatack St
McGiveron
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Tom Young
Richard Mulrooney
Kenyon Craig
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Dick Blume
Samuel Hudson
Newell St
Gary Watts
Paul Johnson
Hastings
N. Townsend St
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Roy
Nastri
Rok Child
Page Art
TLC
Ononda
Lam Duong
Leon Trang
Kirkpainch St
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