Suraj Patel files lawsuit in 12th District ballot battle with Rep. Carolyn Maloney

The vote-counting to decide the nail-biting Democratic primary for the 12th Congressional District pitting insurgent Suraj Patel against veteran Rep. Carolyn Maloney is already in court. In a pre-emptive strike, Patel, trailing Maloney by only 648 votes in the unofficial machine count in Tuesday's Democratic primary, filed a lawsuit urging Manhattan state Supreme to supervise...