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Friday, October 29, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 44
N E W H Y D E PA R K
the issues
Your guide to the candidates, n and local polling informatio
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October 29, 2021
Curran, Blakeman race headlines Nassau elections
HOMECOMING HEROES
Supervisor seats for N. Hempstead, Hempstead also up for grabs BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The race for county executive between incumbent Laura Curran and challenger Bruce Blakeman headlines the elections in Nassau County on Tuesday. Nassau County Executive Curran, a Democrat, previously served as a member of the Baldwin Board of Education before being elected as county executive in 2017. Blakeman, a Republican, serves as a council member for the Town of Hempstead. Aside from being Nassau’s liaison between the county’s Republican Party and former President Donald Trump, Blakeman also served as commissioner of the Port Authority and the Town of Hempstead’s deputy supervisor under former Supervisor Laura Gillen. Blakeman has been critical of the county’s reassessment work introduced by Curran after she was elected. Curran has referred
to state and independent reports verifying the accuracy of the reassessment. Blakeman also criticized Curran for a recently passed initiative to provide eligible homeowners with direct payments of $375. The checks were more than half of the $193 million Nassau received as part of the American Rescue Plan. Curran, whose 2022 proposed budget includes a $70 million tax cut, touted the county’s improved financial state as the reason Nassau does not need to hold onto the $100 million in federal funds. Curran and Blakeman both touted their efforts to provide residents with coronavirus testing and vaccination opportunities, along with feeding those who were less fortunate during the coronavirus pandemic. District Attorney After Madeline Singas was appointed to the state’s highest court earlier this year, the race to replace Continued on Page 66
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sewanhaka played against Roslyn in the homecoming game on Oct. 16, a 39-3 win for the Indians.
Durst charged with murder of ex-wife BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Real estate scion Robert Durst, who was recently sentenced to life in prison for the execution-style slaying of a
longtime friend, was charged last week with the murder of his ex-wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, a New Hyde Park native, according to multiple reports. Kathleen Durst, a graduate
of New Hyde Park Memorial High School, disappeared in 1982 at the age of 29. In 2001, she was declared legally dead. A criminal complaint filed by New York state police investiContinued on Page 67
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