Ben Walsh starts campaign year with 10 times more money than challengers Syracuse.com 1/26/2021 Chris Baker, syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. Mayor Ben Walsh started the 2021 campaign season with a massive fundraising advantage over his potential opponents, according to campaign filings reported to the state earlier this month.
Walsh, a political independent who is up for re-election this year, raised nearly $110,000 in the second half of 2020 and spent $22,844.
He starts the year with $378,170 remaining in his campaign account. That’s more than 10 times more money than his two Democratic opponents combined.
Saturday, he’ll host a virtual mayor’s ball, an event that’s typically served as the mayor’s biggest money-getter. A standard ticket is $25 and a premium ticket is $200 significantly lower than ticket prices in previous years.
Walsh picks defense attorney with ‘humble beginnings’ as Syracuse’s newest judge
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Erica Clarke will become a Syracuse City Court judge in January, following an appointment by Mayor Ben Walsh.
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Syracuse, N.Y. Mayor Ben Walsh will appoint Erica Clarke, a Syracuse defense attorney, to fill a vacant judge seat in the Syracuse City Court.
Clarke, 40, will replace Rory McMahon, who won a State Supreme Court seat in November’s election. She’ll start in the new position next month and will be one of nine judges in city court.
Walsh said Clarke brings a balance of work experience and life experience that both qualify her for the job and will make her a good judge.