Syracuse to open one of its relocating city offices early

Syracuse, N.Y. — One of the 10 Syracuse city offices moving to a new building will reopen earlier this planned.

The Syracuse Central Permit Office will open at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the One Park Place building, having completed the move from the City Hall Commons building a few blocks away. The permit office sees the most in-person visits of the 10 affected by the relocation. The remaining nine offices are still on track to re-open by Tuesday morning.

The city has a contract to sell its City Hall Commons building at 201 E. Washington St. and a deal to lease space in the privately owned One Park Place, which is a couple of blocks away at 300 S. South St. The other offices moving are the Citizen Review Board, Code Enforcement, Mayor’s Office to Reduce Gun Violence, Neighborhood and Business Development, Neighborhood Watch, Planning and Sustainability, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Ordinance Enforcement and Police Department Office of Internal Affairs. They’ve been operating remotely this week

Visitors to the new building should use its East Onondaga Street entrance. Limited off-street parking is available. The permit office’s regular hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The permit office is also increasing many of its online services, which can be found at syr.gov/Departments/Central-Permit-Office.

Other departments’ online self-service options are available at syr.gov. The public can also contact agencies that remain closed to in-person at the following phone numbers and email addresses:

Periodic inspections: (315) 448-4700 or [email protected]

Code enforcement: (315) 448-8695 or [email protected]

Zoning administration: (315) 448-8640 or [email protected]

Bureau of Fire Prevention: (315) 448-4777 or [email protected]

Ordinance enforcement: [email protected]

Police Department Office of Internal Affairs: (315) 442-5200

Syracuse Neighborhood Watch: [email protected]

Citizen Review Board: (315) 448-8750…