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Mayor Walsh asks state supreme court to force Skyline to comply with security requirements

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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.

Scott Willis covers politics, local government, transportation, and arts and culture for WAER. He came to Syracuse from Detroit in 2001, where he began his career in radio as an intern and freelance reporter. Scott is honored and privileged to bring the day’s news and in-depth feature reporting to WAER’s dedicated and generous listeners. You can find him on twitter @swillisWAER and email him at srwillis@syr.edu.