It's Simple:No To Chris Ryan
A career politician. Higher costs. More government.
Chris Ryan has spent more than two decades in government. Geddes Town Board. Onondaga County Legislature. Now the State Senate. Different office. Same politician. And throughout that career, the pattern is hard to miss: more spending, higher taxes, higher energy costs, higher government salaries, more mandates.
Now he talks about affordability. Look at the record.
across three offices
He talks about affordability. Then votes for more spending.
- 2005–2011Geddes Town Board
- 2011–2025Onondaga County Legislature
- 2025–presentNew York State Senate
Onondaga County government spending grew by nearly $277 million during Ryan's tenure on the County Legislature. Then he went to Albany and voted for a $277 billion state budget.
This isn't a politician who discovered the affordability crisis. He's been part of the government that created it. And now he wants taxpayers to believe he is the answer.
Millions in the county. Billions in Albany.
He voted to raise his own pay.
Chris Ryan didn't just vote to spend more of your money. He voted to raise his own pay as a county legislator. Later, he voted to tie elected officials' salaries to the cost of living.
Higher costs for taxpayers. Higher pay for politicians.
That’s the old Albany way: Raise the cost. Raise your salary.
Tell taxpayers it’s necessary.
He taxed your energy.
As an Onondaga County legislator, Ryan imposed a residential energy tax on county households. Then he went to Albany and lined up with Kathy Hochul's green-energy mandates.
| Mandate | Target |
|---|---|
| Renewable mandateClimate Leadership and Community Protection Act | 70% by 2030 |
| Zero-emissions gridRyan has opposed repeal; still defends the timeline in 2026 | By 2040 |
| Syracuse-region electricity ratesWhat Central New York families are paying | More than doubled |
Call it climate policy. Call it a green-energy transition.
Central New York families call it a bill.
He wants even more government in your health care.
Chris Ryan supports the New York Health Act, a single-payer takeover of health care in New York. It would be the largest tax increase in state history.
For a politician who claims to care about affordability, Ryan's answer is the same one it has always been.
Let government take over more.
The spending. The taxes. The energy mandates. Those are only part of the record.
His votes also put him on the extreme edge of Albany's agenda.
On public safety, he defends Albany’s status quo.
Law-abiding gun owners get the SAFE Act. Criminals get the revolving door.
- Onondaga County LegislatureVoted against repealing the SAFE Act.Ryan was one of only three legislators to vote against a resolution calling for repeal of the SAFE Act. Three votes. Chris Ryan was one of them.
- BailSupports New York’s catch-and-release bail laws.The Working Families Party endorsed Ryan. That party has fought every effort to roll back the 2019 bail law.
- State SenateVoted to block ICE.Ryan voted for a state budget that limits local police cooperation with ICE and bans 287(g) agreements — making it harder to remove criminal illegal aliens.
- State SenateVoted to erase “mother” and “father.”Ryan voted to strip “mother” and “father” out of state law and replace them with “gestating parent.”
On taxes, he's willing to raise the cost. On spending, he's willing to raise the bill. On public safety, he's willing to defend Albany's status quo.
That's not an accident. It's a choice.
Different office. Same Albany agenda.
It tells you exactly what kind of Albany politician Chris Ryan is.
Chris Ryan isn't new to government. He's the product of it.
- He talks about lowering costs.
- He voted for the spending that drove them up.
- He talks about helping taxpayers.
- He voted to raise his own pay.
- He talks about energy affordability.
- He imposed an energy tax, then sided with Hochul’s mandates while bills doubled.
- He talks about public safety.
- He backed catch-and-release and voted to wall off ICE.
Two decades. Three government offices. One record.
- Higher costs.
- Bigger government.
- More mandates.
The Real Chris Ryan.