ALBANY — A $15 million state-built film studio outside Syracuse, which promised to produce hundreds of jobs and bring Hollywood’s glitter to Central New York, hit an inglorious milestone on Friday with its sale to a new corporation set up by Onondaga County to manage it. The flop of the Central New York Film Hub, built by frequent and generous donors to Gov. “Who would have ever figured: Hollywood comes to Onondaga, right?” Mr. Cuomo said. But beyond temporary construction jobs, sporadic shoots and a lucrative contract for its builder, COR Development, the film hub has been anything but a success. It sat rarely used and became the subject of lawsuits by COR, which said the state owed it back rent.

Source: New York Times June 01, 2018 23:47 UTC