To the Editor:

Regarding “A lame-duck Syracuse councilor’s proposal angers historic preservation advocates” (Nov. 11, 2025):

Recent coverage and commentary about the proposed legislation regarding historic properties in Syracuse has been, in part, inaccurate, and I feel an obligation to correct the record.

First, this proposal does not take away any power to designate historic properties. Under our existing framework, it is the Common Council that ultimately votes on whether a building or district is designated as historic. That will remain true whether or not this legislation passes. Any suggestion that I am stripping designation authority from preservation bodies or weakening the designation process is simply untrue.

What our legislation addresses is something different:

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