New York Values: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out of the New York primary sounding like they are the nominees for president. Clinton said “Victory is in sight,” and Trump declared, “Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.”

Clinton won New York 58-42 percent and made a gesture of peace toward supporters of Bernie Sanders saying, “I believe there is much more that unites us than divides us.”

Trump won New York State with 61 percent of the vote, taking at least 89 pledged delegates and stretching his lead over Ted Cruz. Trying to sound more presidential, he dropped his references to “Lyin’ Ted” and “Crooked Hillary.”

It is interesting to note, though, that Trump didn’t win Manhattan, the home of his real estate empire. John Kasich did.

Quitters Never Win: A NY Times editorial advises that, after yesterday’s New York primary, both Republican John Kasich and Democrat Bernie sanders should ignore calls for them to drop out of the race.

The Times said about the trailing Republican, “Mr. Kasich is not an exciting candidate, or even a political moderate. But he is the most sane-sounding individual in the Republican field, and has been from the start.”

About Sanders, the paper said, “His candidacy has forced the party to go deeper on addressing issues like wealth inequality, college tuition and the toll of globalization — important points of distinction with Republicans.”

Voter Purge: Thousands of Brooklyn voters showed at the polls yesterday only to be told they were no longer registered to vote. The Board of Elections confirmed that at least 126,000 Brooklyn voters were purged from the rolls because they had not voted in the last two federal elections and had not responded to mailings asking for confirmation of their voting status.

It made little difference to the Republican race, but about half the purged voters were Democrats in Bernie Sanders’ native borough.

Sand and Oil: President Obama is in Saudi Arabia today to smooth ruffled relations with The Kingdom. The Saudis are not happy about the US nuclear deal with Iran, and they are irritated about recent suggestions that Saudi officials helped the 9/11 attackers, most of whom were Saudi. Added to all that, Obama recently described Saudi Arabia as one of the “free riders” leaving it to the US to fight extremism in the Middle East.

Econ 101: Intel, the giant maker of computer chips, announced that it is cutting 12,000 jobs amid fading demand for personal computers. PC production has dropped almost 10 percent in the last year. The onslaught of new mobile gizmos has Intel turning its focus from PCs to semiconductors for smartphones, sensors, cloud computing and various electro-stuff that doesn’t sit on a desk.

High Deductible: United Healthcare, the country’s biggest health insurer, announced that it is pulling out of the Obamacare insurance exchanges in most states because the company is losing money. UnitedHealth said that it lost $475 million on the exchanges last year and stands to lose another $500 million this year.

The company was never all that enthused about the exchanges. An analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation says, “United does not generally offer low premium plans in the Marketplaces….As a result, the effect of a United withdrawal nationally would be modest.”

Extreme Sport: Swiss snowboarding champion Estele Balet, just 21, was killed in an avalanche yesterday in the Swiss Alps. She was being filmed for a movie when the avalanche broke. Another boarder behind Balet was not hurt. Balet was wearing an airbag that is supposed to help buoy a skier to the surface of an avalanche, but she was buried.

Water Boy: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vows that for the next month he will drink only water that comes from the contaminated Flint city water system. In an effort to restore confidence in the water, Snyder says he will drink filtered water provided from a home with lead levels that exceed federal limits. “I completely understand why some Flint residents are hesitant to drink the water and I am hopeful I can alleviate some of the skepticism and mistrust by putting words to action,” Snyder said. Snyder risks brain damage, but his handling of the Flint water crisis suggests that it may be a pre-existing condition.

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