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Friday, January 13, 2023
Vol. 11, No. 2
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
MANHASSET’S TWO REGENERON SCHOLARS
COUNTY DEMS CITE MORE TAX ERRORS
PAGES 23-30
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Nassau GOP demands that Santos resign Follows filing of complaints by Watchdog group and 2 N.Y. Dems BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
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Great Neck businessman Robert Zimmerman, the Democratic candidate for Congress who George Santos defeated, calls for Santos to resign outside what Santos asserts is his Queens office.
The Nassau County Republican Committee and local GOP officials called on newly-elected U.S. Rep. George Santos to resign from his position on Wednesday morning. Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Cairo, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, newly-
elected state Sen. Jack Martins and newly-elected U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito called on Santos to step down from his position, saying the lies and deceit of his personal and professional background will not allow him to be an effective leader. “He’s disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople,” Cairo said in a press conference. “ToContinued on Page 43
DeSena’s State of Town address Jan. 27 BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena will hold her second State of the Town address on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links in Port Washington. The address will be part of a luncheon hosted by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset. “I am so excited to deliver this year’s State of the Town address and
speak about the Town’s many accomplishments under the first year of my administration,” DeSena said in a statement. “This year will mark the 36th anniversary of the State of the Town address, and I want to thank the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset for all their hard work presenting this time-honored tradition. I am excited to share all the ways my administration has been hard at work putting our resi-
dents first.” In 2021, DeSena was the first Republican nominee to win the town supervisor election in over 30 years, succeeding Judi Bosworth, a Democrat, who did not seek re-election. Since her administration began, DeSena and the two Republicans on the board who were also elected last year, David Adhami and Dennis Walsh, have sometimes had tense relations with Democrats, who hold
a 4-3 majority on the seven-member board. DeSena campaigned on making town government streamlined and more efficient, citing issues with North Hempstead’s Building Department. In June, the Town Board passed legislation submitted by Democrat Councilmember Veronica Lurvey to require reports given to the Town Board from commissioners and department
heads at the Building Department to be delivered on a monthly basis rather than yearly. A month later, a local law was passed to make modifications to the procedure for requests for expedited permits. Another reform to require the town Building Department commissioner to make a decision on expedited permits within seven days and Continued on Page 42
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