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Parks forum on Nov. 30
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Nachmanoff, Stellato to field questions BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Great Neck Chinese Association and Northshore Asian Civic Association will host a forum with the Great Neck Park District commissioner candidates on Nov. 30, less than two weeks before the Dec. 12 election. The event will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Great Neck House and give residents a chance to voice concerns and ask the candidates questions, according to an event ier. This year’s park commissioner race is between incumbent and former Russell Gardens Mayor Daniel Nachmano, who is seeking his third term, and Tina Stellato, a Parkwood Tennis Center teacher for 17 years and member of the E.M. Baker Elementary School PTO. Nathan Fong, a co-president of the Great Neck Chinese Association, said that the forum aims to help constituents learn about the candidates and what they hope to accomplish if elected. Continued on Page 68
PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAUDIA FERRI
More than 200 people attended a fashion show fundraiser at the Great Neck Inn for the Make-A-Wish Foundation last week, including some models who wore the clothes of local designers. See story on page 12.
Evidence strong: Mangano prosecutors New court paper in case outlines alleged bribery, kickback scheme with restaurateur BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were involved in a “conspiracy to solicit and receive bribes and kickbacksâ€? from an unnamed co-conspirator, federal prosecutors argued in court documents ďŹ led last week.
In the papers, prosecutors argued that the conspiracy lasted from January 2010, when Mangano ďŹ rst took oďŹƒce, through February 2015. A businessman asked Mangano to help secure millions of dollars worth of loans for his restaurants, prosecutors wrote, from the Town of Oyster Bay. Mangano went on to pressure Venditto to back four loans to the alleged co-conspirator, prosecutors said, and secure contracts for him. “This case concerns the corrupt abuse of power by Mangano and Venditto – two elected oďŹƒcials in Nassau County, where the TOB is located – and the willingness
of Co-Conspirator #1, a local businessman and restaurateur, to pay bribes in order to obtain oďŹƒcial action from these oďŹƒcials for Co-Conspirator #1’s beneďŹ ts,â€? prosecutors wrote in the court papers. Newsday, citing sources close to the investigation, identiďŹ ed the restaurateur and alleged co-conspirator as Harendra Singh. Anthony La Pinta, Singh’s attorney, was not available for comment on the case. Prosecutors also said that Venditto and his family received limousine services, discounts for the businesses’ events, free private oďŹƒce space and meals. The co-conspirator, Continued on Page 68 meanwhile,
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