Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh is asking a state supreme court judge to force the owners of Skyline Apartments to comply with security requirements outlined in a nuisance abatement order.
Walsh says in a release that resident, employee, and police reports show repeated incidents of insufficient security and failure to secure entrances at the 364 unit complex. City lawyers began a special, expedited proceeding Monday evening asking a judge to require Green National to place qualified security professionals at the building. Even current and former employees of Green’s private security contractor complained of lack of proper staffing and training. Walsh says action is needed.
"If City law, financial penalties and common decency don’t work, we need the Court to require immediate compliance with security requirements at Green Skyline,” said Mayor Walsh. “Skyline residents deserve it and this community can’t accept days or weeks of inaction; we need consistent performance by the company now.”
The city’s show cause action follows the state attorney general’s announcement last week that it’s retaining a $250,000 payment made by green national because the company failed to address security and some code violations by the AG’s deadline.