Mayor Sharon Owens visited the Maxwell School Monday evening and faced questions from Student Government Association representatives and other students.
The 55th mayor of Syracuse spoke for over an hour to a packed auditorium filled with students, many interested in government. Owens took wide-ranging questions on issues concerning the Salt City, from child poverty and housing affordability to food deserts and “bad corner stores.”
Owens even called out the university for under-contributing to property taxes. SU is exempt due to its not-for-profit status…