Top aide to Syracuse Mayor Owens will resign because he doesn’t live in city

Syracuse, N.Y. — The city of Syracuse’s top fiscal officer will resign at the end of the month because he’s not meeting a requirement to live in the city.

Chief Financial Officer Michael Cannizzaro will step down on Feb. 28 from the senior aide role newly created by Mayor Sharon Owens, said Corey Driscoll Dunham, the deputy mayor, in a written response to a syracuse.com inquiry.

The Syracuse city charter requires most employees to live in the city. Notable exceptions carved out by state law include police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers…

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