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Friday, September 2, 2022
Vol. 97, No. 35
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
HOCHUL ENDORSES ZIMMERMAN
OBSERVANCES FOR 9/11
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Low voter turnout marks primary wins
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Less than 11% of Nassau Dems cast ballots in August elections BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Congressional candidates Robert Zimmerman and Laura Gillen won their respective primary elections despite a lower turnout from Democratic voters throughout Nassau County than June’s gubernatorial primary. A total of 46,229 votes were cast in both the 3rd and 4th Congressional District Primary elections two weeks ago. Officials from the Nassau County Board of Elections said nearly 11% of registered Democratic voters cast ballots for the congressional primaries, more than 3% fewer than those who voted in the state’s gubernatorial primary in late June. New district maps were submitted recently by a court-appointed special master and have been viewed as more neutral compared to ones that were rejected by a state appeals court earlier this year. But the newly-drawn lines forced the Congressional and state Senate primaries to take place in August rather than June with the gubernatorial primary, causing concern that fewer people would vote. The 3rd Congressional District race, comprised of Zimmerman, activ-
ist Melanie D’Arrigo, former Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan and Reema Rasool, racked up 26,520 votes. The 4th Congressional District race, made up of Gillen, Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett, Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages and Muzibul Huq, saw 19,709 ballots cast. While the newly-drawn 3rd Congressional District does not extend as far west as the Bronx or Westchester, it does stretch to more southern parts of Nassau County, such as Hicksville and Massapequa. The new lines do exclude the parts of the district that now stretch into Suffolk County, mainly Huntington and Smithtown. It also includes portions of Queens. A total of 20,147 votes were cast in Nassau in the 3rd Congressional primary and showed that Zimmerman had less of a lead over Kaiman and Lafazan than in Queens. Zimmerman received approximately 34% of the Nassau votes, while Kaiman and Lafazan received 27% and 22%, respectively. In Queens, a total of 6,373 votes were cast in the primary, according to state figures. Zimmerman received approximately 43% of the votes, with KaiContinued on Page 46
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Gavin DeGraw performed at Steppningstone Park in Great Neck on Sunday.
Greenvale real estate firm fined $65,000 BY ST E V E N K E E H N E R
trainings, state Attorney General Letitia James announced. In 2019, the Office of the AtGreenvale-based Laffey Real Estate has been mandated to pay torney General and the Department $65,000 to correct discriminatory of State launched investigations practices and carry out fair housing into Keller Williams Greater Nassau
(Garden City), Keller Williams Realty Elite (Massapequa) and Laffey Real Estate (Greenvale). The examinations discovered realtors connected to these firms Continued on Page 47
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