Identify the following (include political party of elected officials):
Newsmakers:
1. Syracuse Mayor:
Democrat Stephanie A. Miner is the 53rd Mayor of the City of Syracuse. She was elected on November 3, 2009, receiving 50.1% of the vote. She is the first woman elected mayor in any of upstate New York's Big Four cities.
The Syracuse Post-Standard endorsed Miner’s 2009 candidacy for Mayor.
In 2002, Miner became a Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large after winning city-wide election. Re-elected to the Council in 2005, she received the most votes of any candidate on the ballot, including the incumbent Mayor. As a Councilor, she championed and helped pass legislation that gave $1 million in initial funding to Say Yes to Education, a program that provides necessary support services for Syracuse City School District students. As Mayor, she continues to support the program.
Mayor Miner believes in the quality of neighborhood life. On her drives through the city, she regularly takes pictures of code violations from her Blackberry camera and sends them to the code enforcement office for prompt action.
Contact:
Mayor Stephanie A. Miner
203 City Hall
233 E. Washington St.
Syracuse, New York 13202-1473
Phone: (315) 448-8005
Fax: (315) 448-8067
Email: Mayor@ci.syracuse.ny.us
2. Syracuse Common Council President:
Democrat Van B. Robinson is in his first term as Syracuse Common Council President. He has always been actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement on a National, State and Local level. In 1977 he was instrumental in reactivating the local Syracuse/Onondaga Chapter of the NAACP. He served as the local NAACP Branch Secretary, Chair of the Political Action Committee, First Vice President and was elected to six terms (12 years) as Branch President.
Van Robinson was also appointed by the President of the New York State NAACP to the title of NYS Western Region Director, where he was responsible for the progress of the NAACP branches throughout Upstate New York.
Contact:
Room 314 City Hall
Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 448-8466
Fax: (315) 448-8423
Email: vrobinson@ci.syracuse.ny.us
3. Majority Leader - Syracuse Common Council:
Democrat Kathleen Joy is the chairperson of Economic Development, Downtown & Metropolitan Planning. Her special interests include creating opportunities, a commitment to schools and focusing on neighborhoods.
Joy is a member of Education & Human Development, Finance, Taxation & Assessment, Neighborhood Preservation (Homeless & Housing Vulnerable) and Inter-Governmental Service Consolidation. She has a J.D. from Capital University College of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Allegheny College.
Office:
Room 314 City Hall
Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 448-8466
Fax: (315) 448-8423
Email: kjoy@ci.syracuse.ny.us
4. Minority Leader - Syracuse Common Council:
Ryan McMahon (R) is the Minority Leader and 3rd District representative of the Syracuse Common Council. Re-elected to the position in January 2008 January 2010, McMahon's current term ends in December 2009 December 2011. He is the Chairperson of the Finance Taxation & Assessment Committee and a member of the Public Works (DPW & Transportation) Committee, the Economic Development, & Environment and Parks Committee, and the Recreation and Youth Programs Committee. the Economic Development, Downtown & Metropolitan Planning Parks, and the Recreation & Youth Programs (Veterans Affairs) Public Safety.
Contact Information
Office:
Room 314 City Hall
Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 448-8466
Fax: (315) 448-8423
e-mail: ryanmcmahon@ci.syracuse.ny.us
Residence:
113 Carlton Road
Syracuse, New York
Phone: (315) 475-0492 13207
Relevant Links
Syracuse Common Council Profile
The Post-Standard "Political Notebook" Blog
(Web Sources: City of Syracuse, The Post-Standard)
Gary W. Miguel Frank L. Fowler is the Chief of Police for the Syracuse Police Department, a metropolitan police department comprised of 486 officers and 88 civilian employees. The Syracuse Police Department servs serves a population of approximately 142,000 city residents.
Miguel Fowler oversees department policy, operations and discipline and reports to both the Mayor of Syracuse and the Syracuse Common Council. ensures that the department mission is executed efficiently and effectively, creates a vision of the desired future state of the department, develops strategic goals and objectives, empowers and leads subordinates while planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating and controlling all departmental functions. He reports to the Mayor and the Common Council.
Contact Information
Syracuse Police Department:
511 S. State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: (315) 442-5200
Fax: (315) 442-5198
Office of the Chief of Police:
Phone: (315) 442-5250
Relevant Links
Department Web Site
http://www.syracusepolice.org
- Syracuse Police Department 2008 Annual Report
http://www.syracusepolice.org/annual_report/527%20SPD%202008%20Annual%20Report_final.pdf
- Crime Maps (By Type of Crime)
http://www.syracusepolice.org/administration_bureau/crime_analysis.htm
http://www.syracusepolice.org/Neighborhood_Statistics/SPD%20Crime%20Statisitcs%20Disclaimer.htm
http://www.syracusepolice.org/Missing%20Persons/missing%20person%20home%20page.htm
(Web Sources: City of Syracuse, Syracuse Police Department, The Post-Standard)
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