CORTLAND, N.Y. (WHCU) — Luke Stevenson is challenging Scott Steve for mayor of Cortland.

Stevenson tells WHCU what he’s been hearing from residents.

Stevenson, who’s running on the independent Emergent party, believes the Main Street project could have been done differently.

Bob Haight at the Cortland Chamber recently told us that business downtown is down about 40 percent.

FULL INTERVIEW: Cortland mayoral candidate Luke Stevenson on Ithaca’s Morning News