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Friday, February 22, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 8
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Clavin, Murray to run for supervisor, clerk Ex Hempstead leader joins tax receiver in race BY J E D HENDRIXSON
PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON
Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin at a press event Tuesday announcing his bid for town Supervisor.
Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin announced his bid as the Republican town supervisor Tuesday, accompanied by a familiar face seeking a new role with the town — former Town Supervisor Kate Murray. Murray will run with Clavin for town clerk. At a press event in front of Ancona Pizzeria & Restaurant in Valley Stream, surrounded by elected officials and constituents cheering “Don, Don, Don”, Clavin said he was running this fall to “put taxpayers first.” Clavin used the event to launch his campaign with Murray to target the fiscal decisions of current Hempstead
Town Supervisor Laura" Gillen. “I was profoundly disappointed that the first financial act of the current supervisor was to propose a budget that hiked taxes by $2 million,” Clavin said. “It’s time to cut spending instead of boosting taxes.” Alongside Nassau Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Cairo and Republican Town Council members Bruce Blakeman and Erin King Sweeney, Clavin also announced that Murray would be his running mate in the race for town"clerk. “The second time I hope is sweeter than the first time,” Murray said. “I’ve been town clerk. I’ve been supervisor.” “I am happy to be a part of Don’s team,” Murray said.
“I know that we will work well together to deliver top-quality services to residents at the lowest possible cost.” Murray, the first woman to be elected Hempstead supervisor, served in the position from 2003 to 2015 when she launched an unsuccessful bid for district attorney against Democrat Madeline Singas. Last week at a Democratic Party event, Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs announced that Gillen, the current supervisor, would be running for re-election, alongside clerk Sylvia Cabana. In a statement, Jacobs described Murray’s decision to run as “a gift that keeps on giving.” “Murray, once supervisor, left the town with millions in Continued on Page 77
Online sales tax eyed to replace lost funding BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN AND JED HENDRIXSON Gov. Andrew Cuomo released
a proposal to give municipalities affected by cuts to the Aid and Incentives to Municipalities $59 million worth of funding through the implementation of an internet
sales tax on Friday, roughly equivalent to how much they would lose under the proposed changes to AIM. The news follows mayors and local government campaigning for the reversal of the cuts, citing how critical they are to local governments providing an array of services while noting the aid is a very
small part of the state budget. Cuomo has proposed slashing more than $16 million in aid to villages and more than $42 million in aid to towns statewide. Area villages would have lost $1 million, with only two of 29 retaining any funding, while North Hempstead was slated to lose $1.02 million and Hempstead would have lost almost $3.85 mil-
lion. “The original proposal only impacted localities receiving a relatively small amount of money, but I have been contacted by mayors and local officials who say in these tough times it would still be a challenge for them,” Cuomo said. “This is why we are revising the executive budget to use Continued on Page 77
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