SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) on Tuesday approved $213,000 for additional security patrols, cameras, and maintenance staff in downtown Syracuse.
The funding will support existing programs that the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. administers, the office Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said in a news release.
The service agreement that SIDA approved seeks to “accommodate the burgeoning neighborhood,” Miner’s office added.
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The agreement includes $113,000 for additional evening and weekend security patrols, $70,000 for cameras wired into the Syracuse Police Department, and $30,000 for environmental-maintenance crews in public spaces.
The Downtown Committee of Syracuse will provide the security patrols and maintenance workers.
“With more than 700 new residential units coming online since 2010 and 250 more slated to open in the next 18 months, downtown Syracuse has transformed into a 24-7 neighborhood — and we could not be more excited. This funding will ensure the area receives the additional services it needs as it continues to grow,” Miner said in the release. “Ensuring Downtown remains safe, secure, and clean is an important priority and I am pleased SIDA has voted to make this a priority.”
Downtown Syracuse “currently boasts” a 99 percent residential-occupancy rate, according to the mayor.
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