LAW: NO LEGISLATIVE INPUT NECESSARY IN CHIEFS DEAL.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: April 17, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: John Mariani Staff writer

A law the Onondaga County Legislature passed in 1994 will prevent the lawmakers from having nearly any say in 2008 over the agreement County Executive Joanie Mahoney has reached with the Syracuse Chiefs over Alliance Bank Stadium.

Last week, Chairman Bernard Kraft, R-Clay, and other members of the Legislature County Facilities Committee asked Senior Deputy County Attorney Lori Tarolli to research whether the settlement Mahoney...

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