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Friday, June 11, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 24
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Senate OKs Singas for top state court Longtime prosecutor Joyce Smith succeeds as Nassau district attorney BY R O S E W E L D ON
PHOTO COURTESY OF MADELINE SINGAS
Former Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, a resident of Manhasset, has officially been approved to serve on the New York State Court of Appeals.
Following hearings early this week, former Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas has been confirmed by the state Senate to the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. Singas, a Manhasset resident, will fill a vacancy left by Judge Leslie Stein, who retired last week, and will take a 14-year term on the court. She will be succeeded by Joyce Smith, a longtime Nassau County assistant district attorney and special victims prosecutor, who will become the county’s first black DA. Singas’ confirmation came after a longer-than-expected 90 minutes of questioning in the Senate Tuesday and was preceded by a joint statement from five progressive Democratic senators who objected to her status as the latest prosecutor nominated to the court, which is largely led by former Continued on Page 12
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KATIE OPPO RESEARCH FUND
A 5K run in memory of Katie Oppo of Flower Hill will return this weekend.
Katie Oppo 5K to return after COVID-19 delay BY R O S E WELDON A 5K run in memory of a Flower Hill woman who died of a rare kind of ovarian cancer will return this year following
the COVID-19 pandemic. Katherine Rose “Katie” Oppo had graduated from Manhasset High School in 2009 and was preparing for her sophomore year at Johns Hopkins University when she
was diagnosed with stage four small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type — an aggressive form of the disease. It was a “pretty horrific shock” to her family, Liz Oppo, Continued on Page 19
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