The law would have moved various local elections, except for New York City elections, to even years, in line with congressional and state elections.

A Syracuse judge has ruled New York’s plan to align local elections with state and federal ones in even-numbered years unconstitutional, handing a victory to counties upholding their home-rule powers.

A state Supreme Court justice in Onondaga County has struck down New York’s Even Year Election Law in a ruling Tuesday that found the statute violates the state constitution and also the legal authority of counties to schedule elections and set the terms of office for local positions.

A New York State Supreme Court Judge ruled that a controversial bill signed by Governor Hochul just before Christmas last year that changed local election calendars violates the state constitution on Tuesday,

Onondaga County officials have prevailed in their lawsuit to block a new state law that would require many local elections to move to even-numbered years to coincide with presidential and gubernatorial elections.