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Curran holds $250K lead over Martins
SEEING THE LED LIGHTS
But Maragos has biggest war chest, $1.2M, in county executive race BY N O A H M A N S K A R Democrat Laura Curran has a cash advantage of nearly $250,000 over Republican Jack Martins in the Nassau County executive race, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday with the state Board of Elections. Curran raised more than $718,000 from January to July 13, more than twice the roughly $357,000 Martins took in after launching his campaign in April. Curran closed the six-month reporting period with $577,644 on hand to Martins’ $338,953. County Comptroller George Maragos, Curran’s Democratic primary opponent, still has the largest war chest of the three candidates, leaving $1,288,023 in the bank as of last week after spending $235,274. Maragos previously loaned his campaign $1.5 million and is not taking contributions from special-interest donors. He raised only $3,406 from January to last week. Curran, a county legislator,
got several big-money donations, including $36,000 from Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs and his wife, Mindy; $20,000 from venture capitalist Bryan Lawrence; and $16,000 from Peter Forman, the Village of Sands Point deputy mayor. Martins, a former state senator and Mineola mayor, transferred about $38,000 from his Senate campaign accounts and got $50,000 from the New York State GOP. Both candidates got $5,000 from the Committee for Fair Property Taxes, a political committee formed on behalf of Nassau’s largest property tax appeal firms. They also each got donations from labor unions and large law firms. “I am thrilled to have the support of so many Nassau residents who are rejecting the tried and failed culture of corruption and are clearly ready to give Nassau County the fresh start it deserves,” Curran said in a statement Tuesday. Martins noted that he has only been campaigning for 78 days, Continued on Page 63
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Village of Great Neck Clerk-Treasurer Joe Gill speaks with residents about the village’s LED lighting project. See story on page 4.
Continuing a tradition of firefighter excellence fighting stories his family told him growing up. He said his uncle and father could point Ryan Motchkavitz, who to houses as they drove along, graduated from Great Neck telling stories of past fires and South High School this year, rescues. His uncle, for example, vividly remembers the fire-
BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
saved a child at the bottom of a 60-foot well during a construction mishap. His father saved a fellow firefighter 20 years ago. In addition to his firefighter uncle and father, Motchkavitz Continued on Page 50
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