Mayor Walsh vetoes most of Syracuse council’s budget cuts, including police, fire

Mayor Walsh vetoes most of Syracuse council’s budget cuts, including police, fire

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Monday delivered dozens of formal objections to much of the $16 million in spending cuts city lawmakers made to his budget proposal, but he agreed to remove a property tax rate increase.

Mayor Ben Walsh vetoes 45 budget amendments; Common Council to vote whether to override vetoes

Mayor Ben Walsh vetoed 45 amendments previously approved by the Common Council that would have removed millions of dollars in spending from his proposed budget. Walsh’s vetoes preserved $3.3 million in cuts of the $16.3 million made by the Council. The mayor preserved $1.1 million in cuts to the Department of Public Works, a $1 million cut meant to fund the Syracuse Housing Strategies Corporation and a $150,000 cut to the Office to Reduce Gun Vi…