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Friday, March 24, 2023
Vol. 98, No. 12
GUIDE TO SPRING
SASSOUNI ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID
LIU, NCC BACK CASINO PROJECT
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Sherman wins on write-in
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Will serve 2 years in Thomaston BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck Plaza Trustees Lawrence Katz and Alex (Siu Long) Au were both elected to serve on the board for two years after both ran unopposed. Katz received 103 votes and Au received 102. Au was appointed to the board last year to fill out the term of longtime Trustee Gerry Schneiderman. Katz, a certified public accountant and attorney who previously served three years on the village’s Zoning Appeals Board, has served since December 2012. Au has an MBA in finance and accounting and has worked with Fortune 500 companies and large nonprofit organizations. He also served in the U.S. Army as a transportation specialist and as a member of the Great Neck Library’s Nominating Committee. Au lives in the Plaza with his wife, Dorothy Feng, and their two daughters. Schneiderman, who was first elected to the board in 2000, was a member of the Wyngate Civic Association during the 1970s. His involvement in local government spurred him to be appointed to the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals by former Mayor Andrew Wurman. Great Neck Plaza Village Justice Neil Finkston was also re-elected to Continued on Page 47
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Gold Coast Arts Center student artists have their paintings on display at the Metropolitan Commercial Bank.
New maps give Dems big edge Enrolled Nassau GOP voters outnumbered in 15 of 19 legislative districts BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Democratic enrollment outweighs Republicans in 15 of the 19 recently approved Nassau County legislative districts, a data analysis done by Blank Slate Media shows. The Legislature voted 11-7 to adopt a map presented by the majority caucus on Feb. 27. Districts 1-7,
9-11, 13, 14, 16-18 all had more registered Democratic voters in 2022 than Republicans, according to data obtained by Blank Slate Media. The map was last redrawn in 2013. Democratic officials have chastised Republicans for their lack of transparency in developing the 2023 map. They contend that the Republican map allows officials to select their
representatives rather than the public. Nassau’s electoral district maps are redrawn every 10 years based on the federal census to redraw boundaries that reflect population changes. The analysis also showed that President Joe Biden would have received more votes in 14 of the 19 legislative districts adopted by the Legislature on Feb. 27, despite winning in
nine of the districts under the current map adopted in 2013. The recently approved 7th District is the only one with more registered Democrats that Biden would not have won. Demographics and party enrollment data, officials said, was compiled by the City University of New York. Data from the 2020 presidential Continued on Page 46
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