Parents began reporting issues with their online ballots in the early morning, including candidates who had withdrawn their names.

The city Education Department suspended voting Friday to address “technical issues” with voting for the parent councils. Several parents reported glitches and mistakes in the online voting system.

The last contested general election in 2021 on Staten Island’s South Shore saw Borelli, a Republican, best Democrat Oivia Drabczyk after 40,905 voters had their ballots counted. The last contested special election in 2007 saw Vincent Ignizio defeat Manny Inamorato after nearly 5,700 votes were counted.

In an extraordinary step, the Manhattan Democratic Party will vote Wednesday on whether to punish uptown Congressman Adriano Espaillat, after an ethics probe found he and three allies engaged in

Poll sites, which can be found on the Board of Election website, will be open Monday, and Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; on Wednesday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, April 29, will see poll sites opened from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The crowded field is a rarity for the borough, sometimes called York New Salem for postal reasons since there is another New Salem in Pennsylvania.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who rose to prominence in the Senate during nearly three decades of service, has announced he won’t seek reelection.

George Santos was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges Friday in New York.