Walsh seeks neighbors’ testimony as city preps for nuisance hearing with Skyline owners
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Syracuse, N.Y. Mayor Ben Walsh is inviting neighbors and community members impacted by the conditions at the Skyline Apartments to detail their complaints at a public hearing next week.
City officials will hold a nuisance abatement hearing Monday morning with Green Skyline Apartments LLC, the company that owns the 12-story building at 753 James St. That company is owned by Tim and Troy Green.
“Input from the public is an important part of this process. It will help ensure the property owner is held accountable and that conditions at the property are improved,” Walsh said.
Horror on the 12th floor at Skyline apartments; more top stories (Good Morning CNY for Apr. 29)
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The welcome mat to apartment 1201 in the Skyline Apartments complex reads All Are Welcome Here. Neighbors of 1201 say this apartment is the worst on a floor already full of danger and drugs.Patrick Lohmann | plohmann@syracuse.com
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“That’s the drug floor”: How 1 apartment is allowed to terrorize Skyline tenant: On March 17, Connie Tuori, 93, was found murdered in Apartment 1209 of Skyline Apartments, where she lived for 20 years. She was killed weeks before, police say. If you are wondering how someone could brutally kill a 93-year-old woman in her apartment, leave the body there, and have it go unnoticed for weeks, you haven’t been to the 12th floor of the Skyline. The 12th is widely known as the most dangerous and drug-ridden floor in a building full of danger and drugs, tenants and staff say.
Skyline owners cut police patrols weeks after woman’s murder
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A Syracuse police car is parked outside Skyline Apartments on James Street on March 17, 2021 after police found a woman dead in her apartment. Police ruled the death a homicide.Patrick Lohmann | plohmann@syracuse.com
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The owners of the Skyline apartment building cut back on Syracuse police patrols three weeks after an elderly woman was found murdered at the complex, and they plan to end patrols by off-duty sheriff’s deputies this week.
As of April 5, the Skyline’s owners stopped paying for a daily Syracuse police presence at the 365-unit complex, opting instead to cut patrols to four days a week, according to police spokesman Sgt. Matthew Malinowski. The owners’ decision happened “despite the city’s recommendation,” Malinowski said.
Green National ordered to pay $3,700 to city for broken Skyline complex elevator
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
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The 365-unit Skyline Apartments at 753 James Street owned by former NFL star Tim Green and his son, Troy. The apartments are the subject of intense scrutiny by tenants for crime and alleged neglect. Photo by N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.comN. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. The company that owns the Skyline Complex on James Street will have to pay a $3,700 judgment for failing to fix an elevator at the 365-apartment building.
State Supreme Court Judge James Murphy ruled that Green National must pay $100 per day for each of the 37 days the elevator has remained unfixed since the city took the company to court for open code violations. Green National is the firm of former NFL star Tim Green and his son, Troy Green.