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Syracuse council presses for clearer SURA staffing, funding breakdowns as FY27 budget is reviewed
Summary
Syracuse City officials reviewed the SURA FY27 budget, seeking clearer department-level staff and funding detail; Commissioner of Finance Diane Mastry said SURA is a public benefit corporation that budgets 88 full-time and 13 part-time roles for FY27 and that some positions are grant-funded.
Syracuse City Council members spent the meeting pressing staff for clearer department-level detail on the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency (SURA) FY27 budget, raising questions about how SURA-funded positions are counted and which roles rely on grant dollars.
"I'm Diane Mastry. I'm the commissioner of finance for the city of Syracuse," Mastry said in opening remarks, adding that SURA is a public benefit corporation established in 1962 that "allows the city to deliver housing and redevelopment initiatives with greater flexibility." She said SURA is governed by a three-member board made up of the mayor, the president of the common council and the commissioner of finance.
Mastry told the council that, in the FY27 budget, SURA is budgeting "88 full time employees or roles and 13 part…
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