Vandals and thieves have heavily damaged the former Sisters of St. Francis convent in Syracuse. Home Leasing LLC has proposed turning the former convent into 181 affordable senior apartments. Rick MoriartyRick Moriarty
Syracuse, N.Y. — An ambitious $100 million plan to turn a former Syracuse convent and college campus into low-income senior housing has become a race to save the historic site from vandals and thieves.
Hoodlums have ripped out light fixtures, doors, banisters, stained glass windows, parts of a church organ, and copper piping and wiring. They’ve smashed countless windows at the North Side site, formerly home to the Sisters of St. Francis convent and later Maria Regina College.
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