Recounts under way in razor-thin primary races in Monroe County

Seven races are being recounted, including one for the County Legislature's 24th District in which nine votes separate the candidates.Monroe County elections officials on Tuesday unsealed blue bins full of ballots at a Board of Elections facility in Henrietta for a state-mandated recount in some extraordinarily close primary races. Lisa Nicolay, the county's Republican elections commissioner, explained that the recount was the result of a new law that prompts a recount if candidates in a race ar