Syracuse, N.Y. – One of the first things Syracuse’s newly elected mayor plans to do is advertise for someone to fill her previous position as deputy mayor.

Mayor-elect Sharon Owens, who won her first bid for public office Tuesday, said she will need a deputy mayor who is steeped in economic development to complement her background in nonprofit housing and community service.

By finding that person, she hopes to re-establish the yin and yang that has characterized City Hall leadership for the past eight years, when Mayor Ben Walsh drew on Owens’ experience at nonprofit groups to round out his familiarity with the world of private investment.

Owens said she has some “ideas of individuals who would be interested,” but she will solicit outside applicants.

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