What else is happening in election news The Working Families Party is urging New York Democrats to cast blank ballots in today's presidential primary as part of a growing movement to pressure President Joe Biden over the war in Gaza. Read more.
Ahead of the June 25 congressional primary, Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman secured a crucial endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Read more.
Rep. Bowman, who's facing a primary challenge from pro-Israel candidate George Latimer, is staking his reelection bid on his support for the Palestinian people and calls for an immediate, permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Read more.
What’s going on around City Hall The New York City Council is pushing Mayor Eric Adams to reverse more than $1 billion in planned budget cuts to 3-K, schools, libraries and other city services, claiming an extra $6 billion is available from a variety of sources the administration didn’t account for. Read more.
A 50-minute verbal brawl between former Legal Aid Society attorney Olayemi Olurin and Mayor Adams on the radio show "The Breakfast Club" went viral — and became a Rorschach test of the city’s political divisions, with Hell Gate praising the interview for its "refreshingly adversarial tenor" and The New York Post deriding Olurin as a "woke defense attorney." Read more.
What's happening in Albany
The New York state budget will be late this year — again — after Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers failed to reach a deal on what will be at least a $233 billion budget for the next fiscal year. (They did approve a temporary spending bill to last through April 4.) Read more.
The Albany-Times Union reports that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a strong stench of urine and flatulence that's been plaguing the Capitol Region since last September. Read more.
What's new in New Jersey
A federal judge has officially blocked New Jersey’s unusual "county line" ballot system — used by powerful political machines to help sway Garden State elections — from the June Democratic primary. Read more. | 
