Wednesday Headlines: Too Close To Call Edition
The political future of Assembly Transportation Chair William Magnarelli (D-Geddes) is up in the air.
As of early Wednesday morning, his challenger, Onondaga County Legislator Maurice Brown, led Magnarelli by 1.2 percent, 50.5 percent to 49.3 percent. Neither candidate has declared victory or defeat in the 129th Assembly District, though, because the race is still too close to call. Just 82 votes separate Brown and Magnarelli, but a couple hundred absentee ballots are yet to be received, and could tilt the balance in either direction.
Elsewhere in the Empire State:
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s preferred candidates in New York City congressional primaries are running up the score, but it isn’t last year’s primary all over again. That being said, familiar boogeymen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are splashing cash. (City & State, The City Reporter, amNY, Politico New York and The New York Post)
Cait Conley will face Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Rockland County) in November after winning the 17th Congressional District Democratic primary. (The New York Times and The Journal News)
In upstate New York, socialist challengers like Adam Bojack in Buffalo and Mo Brown in Syracuse have either won or are leading their primary races. (The Syracuse Post-Standard and The Buffalo News)
Assembly Member Jon Rivera (D-Buffalo) defeated state Sen. Jeremy Zellner (D-Erie County) in an upset victory. (The Buffalo News)
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli won reelection after facing a three-way primary. (The Times Union)
Anthony Constantino, President Trump’s preferred pick, won the 21st Congressional District’s Republican primary. (City & State)
Newfield residents want safety measures after a woman was fatally struck by a car driver while removing a dead cat from the road. (Ithaca Voice)
A new pedestrian footbridge, sidewalk and bike path along State Route 364 are now open in Canandaigua. (Finger Lakes Daily News)
MTA Chair Janno Lieber called federal oversight of the Penn Station reconstruction project bizarre. (Gothamist)
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