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The legislature wants more oversight of the money that might flow from the not-for-profits to county government.

The $5.7 came from the Greater Syracuse Soundstage Development Corporation, sometimes called the Film Hub, a taxpayer-funded public arm of county government.

McMahon's address marked the first public event to be held in the Lincoln Theater inside the new STEAM school downtown in 50 years.

The legislature approved $85 million in 2022 and refused to allocate more funding. That leaves a more than $15 million gap.

Officials say the new platforms will share updates as the long-debated Inner Harbor project moves toward opening.

County Executive Ryan McMahon will give students until March 20 to submit names for the new Inner Harbor attraction.

Local film industry leaders say it will attract film and television projects worldwide.

County lawmakers this week divorced themselves from approving additional public money for the controversial project, leaving the county executive to raise the rest.

Ryan McMahon and the Friends of the Onondaga County Aquarium will now accept and distribute donations for the controversial project in Syracuse's Inner Harbor.

They're scheduled to vote on a local law Tuesday that would put the county executive in charge of raising the additional $15 million dollars needed to complete the aquarium in the Inner Harbor.