Airports
FAA Debars Syracuse Airport Owner
Bank fraud scheme diverted airport money to other sources

The FAA issued a three-year debarment on Nov. 3, 2014, against the Syracuse Suburban airport (SSA) and its co-owner, David Pizio, based on Pizio’s earlier criminal conviction in a U.S. District Court for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Between 2004 and 2009, SSA received five FAA grants totaling $2.97 million intended to be used for planning and development of the reliever airport on 93 acres in Hastings, N.Y.