Oswego, N.Y. — Paul Stewart knows a thing or two about fixing up neighborhoods. Over the years, he’s helped hundreds of homeowners across 40 city blocks improve their houses.
His work in Oswego could prove an example toward improving Syracuse’s housing stock.
Stewart, a psychology professor at SUNY Oswego, is the head of the Oswego Renaissance Association, a neighborhood improvement group that issues grants to homeowners and landlords to fix up the exteriors of their properties…