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Syracuse City holds public hearing on $4.5 million 2025–26 municipal sidewalk program
Summary
City staff presented a proposal authorizing the 2025–26 Department of Public Works municipal sidewalk program, not to exceed $4,500,000, and heard resident concerns about property impacts, tree loss and whether both sides of some streets will be improved.
Syracuse City held a public hearing on a proposed 2025–26 Department of Public Works municipal sidewalk program that staff said would cost no more than $4,500,000 and would be authorized pursuant to Local Law No. 2 of 2021. City staff opened the hearing by summarizing the program scope, listing associated costs (labor, equipment, legal and engineering fees, inspections, advertising, administrative and miscellaneous costs) and noting that special assessments are detailed in the 2025–26 proposed budget.
The hearing drew several residents who raised questions and concerns about how the program would affect private property and street trees. Donna Schmidt, a Syracuse resident, said a sidewalk installed at her property in…
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