Syracuse Common Council’s ‘good cause’ caucus flips key vote

“Good cause eviction” legislation has divided the Syracuse community for nearly two years, but the Syracuse Common Council appears to have finally reached a majority decision on whether to opt into the state legislation aimed at protecting tenants.

Councilor Donna Moore told Central Current reporters she would vote against opting into good cause last week. But on Monday, Moore said she’d had a change of heart after hearing a tenant’s story of eviction.

Moore told a Central Current reporter she had heard other tenants’ stories about rent increases but said those increases were typically in sync with a growing market rate…

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