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Friday, August 23, 2019

Vol. 94, No. 34

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Terry accused of sexual harassment

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Michael Weinstock alleges extown Dem chair abused position BY J E S S I C A PA R K S A Great Neck lawyer contending for the Democratic nomination in U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s district has filed a discrimination complaint with the state attorney general against former North Hempstead Democratic Party Chairman Gerard Terry claiming the chairman propositioned him for sex when he was first getting into politics. Michael Weinstock’s complaint filed last Monday accuses Terry, 65, of abusing “his position of power by demanding sex from young male staffers and volunteers, in exchange for government jobs.” Terry, of Roslyn Heights, is currently serving time in prison for tax evasion and has been disbarred. Weinstock, who is a former sex crimes prosecutor and a rescue worker in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, submitted the complaint and

detailed his personal history of being sexually harassed by Terry. He first encountered Terry in 1996 when he was a first-year law student at St. John’s University Law School, according to the complaint. Weinstock aspired to a career in politics and worked on a campaign to elect Carolyn McCarthy to Congress and before that was an intern for state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, an assemblyman at the time. Terry invited Weinstock to a meeting at the Jaspan Schlesinger law firm in Garden City on Dec. 1, 1996, in which he was supposed to help Weinstock secure a position in McCarthy’s district office. He allegedly told Weinstock that he had “a very promising career ahead of [him] in politics,” he was a hard worker and “very smart,” and that he was impressed with Weinstock’s hard work on McCarthy’s campaign. Terry stated “Carolyn will defiContinued on Page 51

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Guns, ammo found at G.N. surgeon’s home BY R O S E W E L D ON A Great Neck resident and plastic surgeon is facing criminal weapon possession charges after a collection of guns and ammunition found in his

homes and vehicle was seized by police in Westchester County on Aug. 13. The surgeon, Matthew Bonanno, who has an office in Lake Success, had been arrested on Aug. 12, after stumbling

out of the Growler’s Beer Bistro in Tuckahoe in Westchester County, according to the Westchester County district attorney’s office. An anonymous source Continued on Page 51

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