Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard is asking candidates who have submitted validated petitions to run for mayor a weekly issue-oriented question and publishing their answers. The candidates get up to four days to reply and must limit responses to 250 words or less.
This week’s question: What should city government learn from the Maria Regina fire?
Background: After years of neglect that allowed vandals and thieves to wreak havoc on the former Maria Regina College campus, a suspected March arson fire destroyed the 129-year-old convent building. It took firefighters 24 hours to bring the fire under control, and the city later ordered an emergency demolition of the structure. A planned senior housing redevelopment project will no longer be able to renovate that historic building…