Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton and Republic Donald Trump have marked major wins in New York state's US presidential nomination contest, Euronews reports.
Trump's win enables him to get closer to taking the 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the Republican nomination, avoiding a contested convention in July.
In his victory speech, Trump noted he thought the race for the Republican nomination has desintegrated:
"We don't have much of a race anymore based on what I am seeing on television. Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. We have one another state. As you know, we have won millions of more votes than Senator Cruz, millions of more votes than senator Kasich."
A poor showing by Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich meant they are already focusing on next Tuesday’s contests in the northeast - Pennsylvania, Connecticut Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island.
Former New York Senator Hillary Clinton, appears to have expelled her recent seven losses from the last eight contests, taking a big step towards winning the Democratic nomination.
Her victory speech focused on the future: "Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are pushing a vision for America that is divisive and frankly dangerous. And we have a very different vision, that it's about lifting each other up not tearing each down."
The outlook for Democratic rival Bernie Sanders is unpromising. Clinton's victory lifts her number of pledged delegates making it nearly impossible for him to catch up.
The Democratic system entails pledged delegates won per state, as well as so-called 'unpledged' or 'super delegates'. Hillary Clinton has a huge lead among the party leaders and elected officials who each get a vote at the convention.