Tuesday Headlines: Count Those Votes Edition
We may have a winner in the 129th Assembly District Democratic Primary soon, now that Onondaga County can count up to 207 vote-by-mail, absentee and affidavit ballots.
Assembly Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) trailed progressive challenger Onondaga County Legislator Mo Brown by 82 votes after Election Day, leaving the race too close to call.
Absentee ballots that were counted on Election Day went more than 2-1 in Magnarelli’s favor, putting an automatic recount in play in the race. And with such a small margin separating the two candidates, it also isn’t impossible for either to win outright.
Until we have a final tally, it’s unclear if we are nearing the end of Magnarelli’s 28-year tenure in the state Legislature and 7-year run as transportation chair.
Elsewhere in the Empire State:
- The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on the fatal Pembroke tour bus crash last August. (The Buffalo News)
- Dickinson Street in Binghamton is in the middle of a $10 million overhaul. (Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin)
- Hector Deleon was indicted on charges of stabbing seven people at Penn Station earlier this month and faces seven counts of attempted murder. (The New York Times)
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end attempts to block funding for the Gateway tunnel project. (The New York Times)
- Can DSA find success on Long Island? (The New York Post)
- Some Manhattan streets are temporarily renamed following the New York Knicks championship win. (amNY)
- The Supreme Court backed New York’s mail-in ballot system after GOP challenges. (NY1)
- The New York Authorities Budget Office celebrated 20 years of agency oversight. (State of Politics)
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