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Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Primary race too close to call: What happens next in the Ontario County DA battle?
Jason MacBride has taken the lead over the incumbent Ontario County District Attorney, James Ritts, in the Republican primary DA race, according to the county Board of Elections' unofficial results. MacBride received 2,179 votes after the polls closed on June 24, and Ritts received 2,064 votes. What does this mean, and what happens next in the race According to the Ontario County Board of Elections, over 4,000 Ontario County voters cast a ballot in the June 24, 2025, Primary Election. The unofficial election results that were posted after the polls closed represent the majority of the ballots cast by those voters, making up the in-person ballots, early voters and mail-in ballots, absentee, military and overseas voters, the county BOE said in a statement. These results also include 256 mail-in ballots (13 Democratic and 244 Republican) that the BOE received by June 22 and the 20 additional mail-in ballots (1 Democratic and 19 Republican), the board has received since then. As of June 25, the county board said they were still waiting on 361 ballots (20 Democratic and 341 Republican) that were mailed to county voters but not yet returned. The election results are not considered official until all ballots are received, counted and the results are certified. New York State's Election Law allows the county to continue receiving mail-in ballots through July 1, 2025. These ballots can only be added to the election results if they are postmarked on or before June 24, 2025. Every returned mail-in ballot will get reviewed by a bipartisan team before it is counted in the results, the Ontario County BOE said. The county board said it expects the tabulation of remaining mail-in and Affidavit Ballots to be completed by July 1. When the tabulation is completed, the county said the results will be certified, and the official 2025 Primary Election results will be released to the public. "The Board recognizes public interest in the outcomes of these election contests and the entire staff is working diligently to complete mandated post-election reviews, testing and audits as quickly as possible," the Ontario County Board of Elections wrote in a statement released on June 25. "We appreciate the public's patience as we complete this process." In a statement released after the votes were tallied Tuesday night, Ritts said the initial unofficial results "show us trailing by a very close 115-vote margin out of nearly 4,300 votes cast.' 'It is too early to concede the race, as we should wait for any standard review procedures by the Board of Elections, as well as additional absentee ballots to be received by mail in the coming days,' Ritts stated. According to the Ontario County BOE, NY Election Law 9-208 mandates a full manual recount of the ballots in elections with the margin of victory between candidates being less than .5 percent of votes or less than 20 votes. The county board stated that if any recounts are required, they will not be scheduled until the week of July 14. The unofficial results in the Ontario County DA primary that are currently posted on the BOE website still show a 115-vote margin victory between MacBride and Ritts. On Thursday MacBride posted an update to his FaceBook writing, "While the results are still unofficial and every vote must be counted, we stand by our message: Republican voters made it clear they want a District Attorney who is hardworking, respected across the criminal justice system, and committed to doing what's right for victims and for our community." MacBride said he remains patient and respectful of the election process. Both candidates will be on the general election ballot in November, regardless of the GOP primary result. Ritts has secured the Conservative Party line while MacBride secured the Truth and Justice line. To learn more about the electoral process, visit or call the Ontario County Board of Elections at 585-396-4005. — Madison Scott is a journalist with the Democrat and Chronicle who covers breaking and trending news for the Finger Lakes Region. She has an interest in how the system helps or doesn't help families with missing loved ones. She can be reached at MDScott@ This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Primary race too close to call: What happens next in the Ontario County DA battle?
Wall Street Journal
2 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
U.K. Pay Growth Has Some Way to Go Before It Normalizes, Says BOE's Bailey
There is growing evidence that U.K. businesses are responding to higher employment taxes by trimming jobs and pay, rather than raising their prices, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Thursday. The government increased its tax on employment at the start of April, and BOE policymakers worried that would prompt businesses to hike their prices to cover their increased costs. That could have added to a rebound in inflation that the BOE fears could become long lasting.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
More than 445K voters head to polls in hotly contested NYC primary election despite 100-degree temps
More than 445,000 New York City voters flooded the polls Tuesday despite punishing heat — as a crowded field of mayoral candidates duked it out for the Democratic nomination. Some 446,487 New Yorkers had cast their ballots as of 6 p.m. — three hours before polls closed — with the total turnout coming to a whopping 876,472 when including mail-in and early voting tallies, the city Board of Election said. An influx of 120,000 votes flowed in just between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., the BOE numbers showed, with many more expected to come out after work hours — putting the total on pace to meet 2021's roughly a million ballots. Election workers in some cases were armed only with paper fans – and no air conditioning — to meet the throng of voters as temperatures outside reached nearly 100 degrees in the record-breaking hottest day of the year. Advertisement 4 A classroom thermometer indicating an inside temperature at a polling station at Taylor Wythe Community Center that is close to 96 F. Gregory P. Mango 'What's one day sweating if it's gonna help people?' said Queens voter Dhyan Rajami, who cited high rents as his most important issue — one that has taken center stage in the crowded Democratic mayoral primary. 'I feel like it [voting] had to be done. I care about getting people the resources they need and it's going to be hot the rest of the summer,' said Rajami, a supporter of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. Advertisement Another voter at air conditioner-less Russell Sage High School in Forest Hills made her voice heard despite suffering heat-related health issues earlier in the day. 'It's absolutely horrible, I had an asthma attack on the way to work,' Jada, 48, told The Post. 'But all day long I've been thinking about voting.' At the Taylor Wythe Community Center polling site in Brooklyn, staffers and voters languished without AC and little water — as the indoor temperature clocked in at 99 degrees in the afternoon. 4 A first time voter shows off her voting sticker after she cast her ballot. Gregory P. Mango Advertisement 'I just turned 75, I shouldn't even be out in this kind of heat,' a worker, who did not want to be named, said. 'We've been here since 5 a.m. It's cooler outside than it is in here.' Some workers who live in the NYCHA building went upstairs to get fans from their own homes with the BOE only delivering handheld paper fans for comfort. 'It's hot as the devil in here,' another poll worker said. Later in the afternoon, city Emergency Management workers parked an MTA bus outside the site so poll workers could cool off inside on their breaks. Advertisement Earlier in the day, panic temporarily set in at Frank Sinatra High School in Queens when the heat and humidity caused ballots to stick together, leading to signal issues with scanners. The poll site coordinator told The Post they made it work, but the momentary snafu left them 'on edge.' Candidates were also sweating for every last vote as they made 11th-hour pleas for support. Mamdani and City Comptroller Brad Lander — who cross-endorsed each other earlier this month in a bid to stymie former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — made a final joint appearance at the 72nd Street subway station on the Upper West Side. The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman scoffed at Cuomo dismissing a new poll that showed the two hopefuls in a near dead-heat after the former governor had led the pack for months. 'Ultimately, what he's having a hard time getting to grips with is that we are exactly where we want to be,' Mamdani said. 4 Voters on line in the Democratic primary. Michael Nagle Lander called the joint partnership with Mamdani 'something really remarkable' and made clear the top goal was to 'add votes together to block Andrew Cuomo.' Advertisement 'So that we don't wind up with a corrupt, abusive, bitter, sour politics of the past,' he said, pulling no punches. The primary is expected to come down to how Lander's votes split between Mamdani and Cuomo once the comptroller is eliminated from one of the final rounds of ranked-choice voting. Prior to the cross-endorsement, the majority of Lander's votes were falling to the ex-gov, but the Emerson College/PIX11 poll released Monday had the ballot breaking for Mamdani, putting him over the edge in the eight round. Lander's message was echoed by state Attorney General Letitia James — an arch rival of Cuomo since her office investigated the sexual harassment claims against him that led him to resign in 2021. Advertisement James slammed Cuomo in a primary day robocall, accusing him of failing the black community. 'When you vote today, please rank five candidates for mayor. But do not make Andrew Cuomo one of them,' James said. But Cuomo appeared confident as he voted on the 5th floor of the Art and Design School in Midtown East while accompanied by two of his daughters and his son-in-law. 'It all comes down to today and people have to vote,' he said. 'If you look at history, when people don't vote and only a small number of people vote that's when you get outcomes that the majority disapproves of.' Advertisement He also waved off the heat — which had been believed to work against him as much of his centrist voter base skews older. 'Is it a little warm today? It's a little warm,' Cuomo insisted. 'Is it oppressively hot like they said? I don't believe so.' 4 Poll workers at one spot without AC were given paper fans. Desheania Andrews/NY Post Mamdani's campaign, meanwhile, has been propelled by younger New Yorkers and celebrities, including model Emily Ratajkowski, despite his freebie-filled socialist agenda widely being panned as far-fetched. Advertisement 'We know it's hot, but the time is now,' Ratajkowski posted to her 29 million Instagram followers Tuesday while wearing a 'Hot Girls For Zohran' T-shirt. Other races on the ballot included primaries for comptroller, public advocate, Manhattan borough president and several City Council races. The full results of the ranked-choice primary are not expected until July 1, as only the first round totals will be tabulated on Tuesday night. One notable name missing from the mayoral primary ballot was Mayor Eric Adams, who is a registered Democrat but is running for re-election on an independent line in the November general election. The winner of the Democratic nomination will face off then against Adams, GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa and independent candidate Jim Walden. Even if they fail to cinch the Dem nomination, Cuomo and Mamdani could still appear on the general election ballot on different party lines. Adams still voted at his Brooklyn polling site Tuesday and claimed, perhaps jokingly, he was writing in his name in five times. 'One, two, three, four, five – Eric Adams,' he said. 'Five times. I'm looking forward to November.' — Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts, Zoe Hussain, Mikella Schuettler and Reuven Fenton
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
New Yorkers brace scorching heat to vote in high-stakes NYC mayoral primary
New Yorkers are trickling out to the polls Tuesday to vote in local elections — including the hotly-contested Democratic primary for mayor — bracing a heat wave that's projected to drive the mercury to at least 100. As of 9 a.m., nearly 99,000 New Yorkers had voted Tuesday, according to returns released by the Board of Elections. That's in addition to more than 380,000 New Yorkers who cast ballots during last week's early voting period, more than twice the number who participated in early voting during the 2021 primaries for mayor and other local offices. In total, just over 1 million New Yorkers voted in the 2021 primaries. Based on the early numbers from the BOE, the 2025 turnout could exceed the 2021 levels. The top item on Tuesday's ballot is the Democratic mayoral primary, which has turned into a two-man race between ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. In Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood, a steady rush of voters streamed into PS9 to cast their ballots Tuesday morning, even as the temperatures began climbing into the 90s. Several local residents said the voting was smooth and quick at PS9, with few, if any lines, though it was crushingly hot inside with no air conditioning and few fans. Polls are open citywide Tuesday until 9 p.m. The Board of Elections is expected to release the results of the first round of voting shortly after polls close. However, the board won't start tabulating the ranked choices until next week, meaning New Yorkers likely won't know who their next mayor will be until then.
Local Spain
4 days ago
- Business
- Local Spain
The updates to Spain's NLV financial requirement documents in 2025
The NLV allows non-EU citizens to be able to live in Spain if they can financially support themselves, but crucially it does not allow you to work in Spain or to work for a company or clients abroad. You must be able to support yourself through passive income such as pensions, rent from abroad, savings and interest from bank accounts etc. It allows you to live in Spain for one year, but you can renew it for two years and a further two years after that, providing you have enough savings. As part of the new Immigration Spain clarified several parts of this visa, including working rules and renewal rules, but it also made clear what financial evidence and bank information you have to show in order to be approved. You need to show you have 400 times the IPREM, which for 2025 is €600. This means proving you have €2,400 per month in passive income or savings of €28,800 per year. In addition to proving you have these sufficient funds, the Official State Bulletin (BOE) now states that you also need to include the follow along with your NLV application. These are: The business name or full name of the bank or credit institution, as well as its address - This is standard procedure so that the government know where your money will be transferred from The complete identification of the accounts - This includes your bank account number, other details of your account whether it's a current or savings account, how many people are holders of the account etc. The date of opening or cancellation or, where applicable, the dates of granting and revocation of the authorisation - The government want to see how long you've had the account for and that it has a history of income, not just that it was simply set up for visa purposes. Obviously it's unlikely you will have cancelled or closed the account if you're still using it to show sufficient funds. The account balances as of December 31st of the year prior to the year in which the application is submitted - As well as just showing how much you have in your account on one specific day, the government want to see how much had in your account at the end of the previous year to show that it hasn't all only just gone in there. The average balance for the last year - Similar to above, the authorities want to make sure that you've made sufficient money over a period of time, not just ahead of your visa application. They need to know that someone hasn't just leant you the money and that it's actually from passive income or active income that you will stop once you reach Spain. Therefore they will need official bank statements from the past 12 months. You will want to make sure you have all this information readily available when it comes to sending in all your supporting documentation, so be organised in advance. Be aware, that often the authorities will ask for a your bank to issue a statement with the amount calculated in Euros, not just the currency that it's currently in. This can be confusing for foreign banks, but they should be able to comply if it's for a specific date. You may also need these documents translated and apostilled. If you have any doubts or questions about the financial requirements or your bank account, it's important to hire an immigration lawyer to help and advise you
