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Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced Tuesday he will not be taking any further legal action against the city council, after members voted unanimously to appoint Republican Mike Kosty to the contested 6th District seat.
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But the appointment of Mike Kosty to the seat is not what the Broome County Republican Committee wanted. Republican Mayor Jared Kraham is threatening legal action against the city council for the move.
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Cornell University student Patrick Kuehl ran a surprise campaign in the city’s 4th Ward and has secured 49 votes in the low-turnout district.
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The Broome County Board of Elections finished counting absentee and affidavit ballots from last week’s elections. The results are still unofficial. But two Binghamton City Council races are now so close they will need manual recounts.
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The boards of elections in Tompkins and Broome counties will finish counting absentee and affidavit ballots and certify election results this week. After results are certified, automatic recounts could be triggered under New York state law if the margin of victory is narrow enough.
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Several races are too close to call and absentee ballots are still being counted. But unofficial results show Democrats with solid leads in at least five races, upending a narrow Republican 4 to 3 majority.
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Battisti, a private practice defense attorney, won with nearly 55% of the vote election night.
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Broome County residents head to the polls Tuesday to select a new district attorney. Matt Ryan, a Democrat, is running against Republican defense attorney Paul Battisti. Ryan says his experience as mayor gives him the management and collaborative skills a district attorney needs.
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Paul Battisti has worked as a private practice defense attorney for about 20 years. He says his experience will give him an advantage in prosecuting cases.
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Republicans call New York City's sanctuary status "self-imposed," and can be withdrawn. They also criticizes Mayor Eric Adams’ request for Long Island to house and care for some of the asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system.
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Tompkins County Legislator Michael Sigler is in the early stages of mounting a challenge to one-term incumbent Democrat Lea Webb in the 52nd state Senate district.
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About two years ago, if you spent any time in the Albany-New York state politics Twitter bubble, you probably noticed a concerted effort to boost the embattled Andrew Cuomo online — with posts attacking his accusers and his successor as governor. As it turns out, those posts were anything but organic.