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Friday, January 27, 2023
Vol. 11, No. 4
HEALTH, WELLNESS TOWN OKs FUNDING FOR PLANDOME AND BEAUTY
LURVEY, DESENA CLASH ON DEPARTMENT GAINS
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Santos changes story on source of funds
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Modifies federal filing to show $500K less in questioned personal loan BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos filed new campaign disclosure reports Tuesday that changed the source of a $500,000 loan previously claimed as “personal funds.” Financial disclosure reports Santos filed following the November election showed an outstanding balance of $630,000 on loans from his personal funds. He had originally listed a $705,000 loan to his campaign. Filings on Tuesday showed that $500,000 in loans were not listed from his personal funds and did not specify where the loan originated. Money Santos listed as a loan in his campaign filings and its source have been questioned in complaints filed with the Federal Election Commission. Santos’ campaign lawyer Joe Murray, told Newsday that “Due to the FEC complaints it would be inappropriate to comment on an open investigation.” Efforts to reach a representative from Santos’ Congressional office for comment were unavailing. Santos 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. 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 Continued on Page 34
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT
Manhasset’s Rashaun Gardner received the Manhasset School District’s William A. Shine award, which acknowledges the legacy of the late interim superintendent.
Finally, first trains run to Grand Central Madison BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
ect following the postponement of the December 2022 opening that The Long Island Rail Road will had been promised for at least five begin running trains into Grand years. The first train will leave JamaiCentral Madison Wednesday as part of the MTA’s East Side Access Proj- ca at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday and is
expected to arrive at Grand Central Madison by 11:07 a.m., officials said. The ride will be the culmination of the $11.1 billion project that took 15 years to construct. Continued on Page 35
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