Brett Cragun
Council Member, Syracuse
Office held
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Background
Brett Cragun's Syracuse council term runs from January 2024 to January 2028. The city lists him as advisor to the Syracuse Regional Museum Board and coordinator for new-business ribbon cuttings, with liaison roles for the Public Safety Jamboree and the community councils at Syracuse Elementary and Syracuse Junior High, and alternate membership on the Employee Appeals Board. These are city-assigned roles, not separate elected offices.
In the news
- Politics
Syracuse RDA turned down a change to the EOS gym rebate after missed conditions
In April 2025 the Redevelopment Agency board unanimously denied a developer's request to amend the EOS gym's tax-increment rebate agreement. Staff had reported that footings were not finished by the agreement's deadline and that the permitted pool was smaller than the agreement required.
- Politics
Syracuse RDA's El Matador proposal: a $1.1 million land price, $238,150 in credits and a tax rebate
An Oct. 13 Redevelopment Agency packet proposes selling 1.526 acres near Founder's Park to CT Eatz Holdings LLC for an El Matador restaurant. After parking and art-easement credits, the buyer would pay $858,647 in cash at closing, and a separate agreement would rebate part of the project's property tax increment for up to 10 years.
- Politics · Feature
Auditing Syracuse: what the city's audit, budget and redevelopment records show
Syracuse's fiscal 2025 audit drew an unmodified opinion and one state compliance finding, a $359,214 Culinary Water Fund budget overage. The council adopted a fiscal 2027 budget with no property tax increase and planned to cover a remaining $330,000 gap from reserves.