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SCHOOL BUDGET, TRUSTEES ELECTION
COUNTY GOP SLAMS CASHLESS BAIL
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Terry accused of misconduct by candidate
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G.N. lawyer levels charges in announcing challenge to Suozzi BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN A Great Neck lawyer has accused Gerard Terry, the former North Hempstead Democratic Party chairman who is serving a prison term for tax evasion, of having propositioned him to have sex when he was a young political activist. The lawyer, Michael Weinstock, 47, who served as an assistant district attorney in Kings County for five years, made the allegations in a letter made available to Blank Slate Media and interviews. He made the claims in announcing that he would run against incumbent Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) for the Democratic nomination in the 3rd Congressional District. He said he was running in part over unhappiness with Suozzi’s backing of Terry. Weinstock alleged that the first instance happened in 1996,
when Terry allegedly said that as his mentor, “I want to spend lots of time with you. I want to take you on overnight trips and open doors for you,” and “I want to do things with you that you’ve never done before.” Another alleged instance came after Weinstock volunteered for a friend’s political campaign after he graduated from law school in 1998, he said, when he went into Terry’s office. “After a little chit chat, Terry grasped my forearm and told me, ‘I want to see more of you.’ I squirmed away and ran to the door,” Weinstock alleged. “While I was running to the elevator, Terry stood in the doorframe of his office, pointing his finger at me and shouting, ‘I remember who my friends are, Michael! You ask around!’” “When I was a prosecutor, I encouraged dozens of men and women to testify about sex crimes,” Continued on Page 55
PHOTO BY IRWIN MENDLINGER
Jewels Rahmanan, wearing her winning T-shirt design for the 2019 Achilles Kids International Program, is photographed with North Middle School teachers Jeryl Lehmuller and Michelle Sicurella, and Principal Gerald Cozine. See story on page 24.
Wu team challenges VGN incumbents BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN James Wu and two longtime Village of Great Neck residents are challenging Pedram Bral’s administration
in the June elections, Wu said Wednesday afternoon. Wu, a commercial real estate specialist for Douglas Elliman and 10-year Great Neck resident, said he is running for mayor against Bral. If elected,
Wu said he would bring an “openness to the whole community, a willingness “to listen to everybody,” and work to solve problems. Running with Wu for Continued on Page 54
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