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Santos just one of the guys in House Serial liar CD3 congressman named to two committees BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Newly-elected U.S. Rep. George Santos was named to a pair of House committees on Tuesday amidst a myriad of investigations launched into his personal, professional and financial background. Republican House leaders said Santos will serve on Congress’ Small Business Committee as well as the Science, Space and Technology Committee amid grow calls for him to resign. Santos also faces a pair of new complaints filed by a watchdog group and two of his Democratic colleagues from New York. The Campaign Legal Center, a
nonprofit organization that aims to advance democracy through the law, questioned the newly-elected congressman’s influx of wealth after reporting a salary of $55,000 in 2020 to $750,000 in 2022 and $1 million to $5 million in dividends. The organization also called the congressman’s $705,000 loan to his campaign into question, claiming he falsified reports on nearly 40 expenditure filings under $200. The center filed the complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday and to the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday. Democratic U.S. Reps. Ritchie Torres and Daniel Goldman filed a
complaint with the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday for allegedly violating the Ethics in Government Act, saying the Republican must be held accountable for deceiving voters and Congress. The Ethics in Government Act, officials said, was created to “preserve and promote the integrity of public officials and institutions,” which Torres and Goldman believe Santos has failed to adhere to. The two described financial reports submitted in 2020 and 2022 as “sparse and perplexing” in the complaint. Torres (NY-15) said during a news conference in Long Island on Tuesday he is calling on the FEC to Continued on Page 38
Nassau supervisors pan Hochul’s housing plan PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT
Shelter Rock Elementary Principal Roder participated in a “read aloud” with fourth-graders last week.
DeSena among officials pushing to maintain local control BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Nassau County supervisors gathered in Manhasset Tuesday to denounce a statewide plan introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul that would increase housing on Long Island. North Hempstead Supervisor
Jennifer Desena, Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and Oyster Bay Supervisor Joe Saladino and a handful of other local officials said Hochul’s plan would be an end to local control. “We’re here to express our outrage at Gov. Hochul’s attempt to take the suburban dream and turn it into
an urban nightmare,” Clavin said. During her State of the State address Jan. 10 Hochul unveiled her plan to build 800,000 new homes over the next decade to address the state’s housing shortage. Included in the New York Housing Compact are local participation requirements Continued on Page 39
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