Stephanie Miner

To Syracuse's new mayor
By Amy Su
January 6, 2010 - 12:19am
As Stephanie Miner takes office, community leaders expect her to do more to address the environment and development.

For a better and greener Syracuse, people expect the new mayor Stephanie Miner to make important decisions in projects related to sustainability and the environment during her term.

“I think the character of her leadership will be very different than the past few mayors,” said Deb Warner, vice president for public policy and government relations in Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.

City makes Miner mayor
By Kelly Kim
November 4, 2009 - 10:59am
Democrat Stephanie Miner was named the first woman to be elected mayor in Syracuse's history

Democrat Stephanie Miner ended the historic race for Syracuse mayor Tuesday, becoming the first woman to be elected mayor in Syracuse’s history. Miner, a two-term common councilor, took 50.1 percent of the vote, according to The Post Standard. Miner will take office as the city’s 53rd mayor on January 1st, replacing Mayor Matt Driscoll, another Democrat who has reached his term limit.

Miner beat her closest opponent, Republican...

Miner elected Syracuse mayor
By Shayna Meliker
November 4, 2009 - 12:06am
The first-ever woman mayor collects 50 percent of the vote to top two competitors.

For Syracuse mayor-elect Stephanie Miner, Tuesday night was one dreams are made of.


"To all of you who convince girls to believe in themselves and believe in their dreams, I want to tell you that you have somebody who has profound thanks for that,”  Miner told a crowd of of supporters in her victory speech.


Miner won 50 percent of the vote, becoming the first woman mayor of the city.

Mayoral candidate Stephanie Miner connected to Bernie Madoff
By Clay LePard
October 30, 2009 - 9:33am
Stephanie Miner once worked in a union that was swindled in Madoff's Ponzi scheme, Carmelo Anthony scores 41 in Nuggets win, and Bay Bridge remains closed for repairs.

Stephanie Miner, the Democratic Syracuse mayoral nominee, once served as a trustee for a Buffalo  Labor Union's pension fund that was swindled by Bernie Madoff.

The Post-Standard reports Miner worked for the Buffalo Laborers 210 from 1996-1997, a group taken over by the U.S. Department of Justice to clean up charges...

A Denver man claims to have helped plan balloon hoax
By Bianca Graulau
October 19, 2009 - 1:38pm
E-mails show conversations in which “balloon boy’s” father and another man plan balloon stunt.

Update: MSNBC.com is reporting that authorities want to question an associate of Richard Heene who claims to have discussed the balloon hoax with him through e-mails.

Robert Thomas, from Denver, sold a story called “Exclusive: I helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax” to Gawker.com. He also provided the website with e-mail exchanges between him and Heene...

The growing economic disparity
By Russell Thompson
September 29, 2009 - 10:13am
The gap between the rich and the poor is growing in the United States.

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, the Post Standard reports. While household income has declined in all groups the middle and lower class have been hit the hardest. The reason for the widening gap is that those with lower incomes have been hit harder by layoffs.