County Executive Ryan McMahon

The Onondaga County District Attorney's office is ready to file criminal charges against 15 delinquent owners and their accountants. The taxes are due upon collection from hotel visitors.

The chip maker submitted its draft environmental impact statement, marking a critical development in the $100 billion, 20-year build-out of up to four chip fabrication plants in Clay.

County lawmakers this week divorced themselves from approving additional public money for the controversial project, leaving the county executive to raise the rest.

The Onondaga County Executive doesn't feel the massive Micron chip fab project planned for Clay is in any jeopardy, even though the company's decision to build here hinged on incentives under the CHIPS Act.

Ryan McMahon hopes to attract bids to build at least a 200-room hotel on a parking lot next door to the Everson Museum. And, he hopes to establish a grant program to incentivize other devleopment.

The merger with the downtown Justice Center was first proposed in late Dec. 2022 and approved by the county legislature a few weeks later. Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley followed up with a lawsuit.

He highlighted progress and some new initiatives at his state of the county address Thursday evening.

He delivered his state of the county address Thursday night at East-Syracuse Minoa High School.

He easily defeated democratic challenger Bill Kinne to secure a second term.

The incumbent Republican County Executive is being challenged by long-time legislator Bill Kinne, who says McMahon and his administration have not been transparent with lawmakers or the public.