It's way worse than that. Even primaries in NY are essentially coronations - the party, not the voters, is able to choose the candidate it wants to win. And since the two parties have a gentleman's agreement not to compete in each other's districts, the candidate that the party leadership chooses is guaranteed to win both the primary and the general election.

https://nytimes.com/2017/09/18/nyregion/new-york-politics-pa...