Former city attorney Tom Babilon will run for Mayor of Syracuse as a Republican.
“One of the mistakes that I’ve seen every mayor make when they come in is they’ve gotten rid of a large part of the institutional experience in the city,” Babilon said.
“They come in and replace all the people that know what they’re doing and what’s going on with their own people.”
He says that can lead to blunders like the recent proposed contract with the Syracuse Police Department, which was not approved by common councilors after they discovered it would cost far more than the Walsh administration estimated. Babilon says another common theme he’s seen is how the city handles businesses of different sizes.