SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In an Onondaga County Legislative hearing on Tuesday, the Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo accused County Executive Ryan McMahon of trying to pry $1 million from them.
The Friends of the Zoo said that money was to go to the recently named Harborview Aquarium in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor. The project, which has been controversial since its conception, costs around $103.8 million.
Leadership from the Friends of the Zoo came to the Onondaga County Legislature, pleading with them to stop bullying and retaliation by the county leadership…