SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh’s Office said he stopped communicating with Mark Congel, the property owner of the Maria Regina campus, in 2022 after he became “increasingly unresponsive.”
Now, the City of Syracuse Division of Code Enforcement has ordered the demolition of the St. Anthony’s Convent on the campus after it was heavily damaged in a massive fire that tore through it on March 21.
Syracuse Common Councilor Marty Nave, whose district contains the old campus, spoke out during a study session last Wednesday as the city’s Deputy Commissioner of Code Enforcement and Zoning Administration addressed councilors about the property…