A number of state legislative primaries are on the ballot Tuesday, and that includes a race in Syracuse that highlights some of the Democratic Party’s generational and ideological divides.
Longtime state Assemblymember Bill Magnarelli is facing a progressive challenger in Onondaga County Legislator Maurice Brown.
Magnarelli has the backing of Gov. Kathy Hochul. Brown is endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA received a boost with the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City and hopes to build on that momentum there and upstate…