Morgan McKay is reporting for State of Politics the decision April 27, by the state Board of Elections to cancel New York's Democratic presidential primary was unprecedented. And it was necessary, according to Democratic State Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs. “Most of our poll workers in the state of New York are senior citizens and they are certainly among the most vulnerable to the worst effects this virus,” Jacobs said. “...The last remaining candidate, Bernie Sanders, not only suspended his campaign but endorsed Joe Biden. There really was no need to put people's lives at risk over the issue of selecting delegates to a convention that's been predetermined.” But the decision has angered the Sanders campaign, who remained on the ballot in an attempt to use his delegates to influence the party's platform. Sanders’ allies say New York should be penalized for the move. "New York should lose all its delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention and there should be a broader review by the Democratic Party of New York's checkered pattern of voter disenfranchisement,“ wrote Bernie 2020 Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver. Congressional, state and local primaries currently scheduled for June 23, are set to continue. Read the full story at nystateofpolitics [dot] com.