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=== Executive === [[File:Syrcityhall2.jpg|thumb|right|Syracuse City Hall]] [[File:Syracusecountycourthouse3.JPG|thumb|right|County Courthouse at Columbus Circle]] The city is headed by an elected [[List of mayors of Syracuse, New York|mayor]] who is limited to two four-year terms. Syracuse has a [[Strong Mayor|Strong mayor-council]] form of government. On November 7, 2017, [[Ben Walsh]] was elected mayor. He began in January 2018 as the first independent mayor of Syracuse in over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/11/syracuse_mayor_results_winner_independent_ben_walsh_democrat_juanita_perez_willi.html|title=Ben Walsh elected Syracuse mayor|work=syracuse.com|access-date=March 4, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926173155/https://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/11/syracuse_mayor_results_winner_independent_ben_walsh_democrat_juanita_perez_willi.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The last independent mayor of Syracuse was Louis Will, who was elected in 1913. The previous mayor was former Common Councilor at Large [[Stephanie Miner]], who was elected on November 3, 2009; she was the first female mayor of Syracuse. Miner was preceded by former Syracuse Common Council President [[Matthew Driscoll]],<ref name=citymayor>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.ny.us/Mayors_Biography.aspx|title=City of Syracuse|access-date=November 4, 2009|archive-date=October 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028235559/http://www.syracuse.ny.us/Mayors_Biography.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> who first assumed the position in 2001 after the former mayor, [[Roy Bernardi]], resigned upon his appointment by President [[George W. Bush]] to a position in the [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]]. After serving the remaining term, Driscoll was re-elected that year, and again in 2005.
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