Onondaga Co. lawmakers weigh next steps after McMahon vetoes 12-year term limits bill

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The fight over term limits in Onondaga County is continuing after County Executive Ryan McMahon vetoed a bill that would have limited the county executive and comptroller to 12 years in office.

Legislators are now deciding what comes next, with the debate shifting from whether term limits should exist to how long they should be.

Democrats have argued the county executive and comptroller should be limited to 12 years, matching the Legislature’s term limit. Republicans, however, say the county’s top elected officials need more time to effectively do the job…

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