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Friday, February 21, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 8
GUIDE TO SPECIAL OCCASIONS
HUEGLIN, EX-DEM TOWN CHAIR, DIES
REASSESSMENT SUIT MOVES FORWARD
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Hirsch seeks to nix rival’s nominations
ROW LIKE THE WIND
Flower Hill mayoral candidate sees irregularities; Herrington objects BY R O S E W E L D ON A Flower Hill trustee who is running for village mayor filed an objection on Tuesday that seeks to invalidate the opposing party’s entire nominating petition. Attorney Kate Maguire Hirsch, who has served on the Flower Hill Board of Trustees for three years, is running for mayor with trustee candidates Jay Silverman, Jeffrey Greilsheimer and Diane Turner as part of her Liberty Party slate for the March 18 election. The slate will go up against representatives of the Flower Hill Party, which include current Deputy Mayor Brian Herrington for mayor and Trustees Randall Rosenbaum and Gary Lewandowski running to retain their seats. Sitting Mayor Robert McNamara is running for a trustee position. An objection filed to the village by Hirsch on Tuesday alleges that among other things, Ronnie Shatzkamer, the village administrator
and chief election officer, was “colluding” with the Flower Hill Party and that McNamara “witnessed” signatures to his own petition that witnesses say were “not affixed in his presence.” Hirsch’s objection states that Shatzkamer’s handwriting is apparently present on five pages of the Flower Hill Party’s independent designating petition, which was filed on Feb. 11. “Upon information and belief, Shatzkamer inserted the required witness information (name, address, number of signatures on the page, and date) on pages 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the [petition], and those pages bear the (purported) signature of current Mayor/Trustee candidate Robert McNamara,” the objection reads. “It is axiomatic that the official responsible for running an election should not take any action to favor one party over another.” The document further alleges Continued on Page 63
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET CREW TEAM
Members of the Manhasset crew team attended the annual Strong Island Sprints event at St. Anthony’s High School in Melville, a month ahead of the start of the spring season.
Manorhaven’s Sillitti nabs nomination to D’Urso seat BY R O S E W E L D ON Manorhaven resident Gina Sillitti will be the Democratic nominee for the 16th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso
(D-Port Washington), the Nassau County Democratic Party said Monday. D’Urso, 80, whose district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flow-
er Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point, announced last month that he would retire after two terms in office. Sillitti, 41, who has worked Continued on Page 52
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