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Friday, February 28, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 9
Port WashingtonTimes HEALTH ELECTION BOARD RULES TO COUNTY OFFICIALS PRESS & BEAUTY ALLOW F. HILL SIGNATURES REVISIONS TO BAIL REFORM PAGES 27-38
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GOP names nominee
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Srivastava to run for D’Urso seat BY R O S E W E L D ON Ragini Srivastava, a businesswoman from Manhasset Hills, has been selected as the Republican nominee for the16th State Assembly District being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-Port Washington), according to the Nassau County Republican Party. D’Urso, 80, whose district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flower Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point, had announced last month that he would retire after two terms. Last year, Srivastava was named the party’s nominee for the Town of North Hempstead’s 2nd District and ran on a platform of “putting taxpayers first,” combatting reassessment and ensuring better opportunities for all small business owners. She lost the election with 37.10 percent of the vote to incumbent Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman’s 61.74. Continued on Page 52
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Elections board rejects objection Flower Hill Party to remain on ballot in March election as complaint falls through BY R O S E W E L D ON The Flower Hill Party’s nominating petitions have been deemed valid by the Nassau County Board of Elections after an objection was filed last week by the rival Liberty Party.
Attorney Kate Maguire Hirsch, who has served on the Flower Hill Board of Trustees for three years and is running for mayor under the Liberty Party, had filed an objection with the village on Feb. 18 alleging that, among other things, Ronnie Shatzkamer, the village administrator and chief election officer, was “colluding” with the Flower Hill Party and that sitting mayor and Flower Hill Party trustee
candidate Robert McNamara “witnessed” signatures to his own petition that witnesses say were “not affixed in his presence.” Tuesday saw the Nassau County Board of Elections overturn the objection and rule in favor of the Flower Hill Party, the board confirmed. Deputy Mayor Brian Herrington, mayoral candidate of the Flower Hill Party, said the board was grateful “to hear the
Board of Elections swiftly overturned these objections.” “We hope that Kate Hirsch and the Liberty Party’s slate of candidates will stop their political grandstanding and attempt to impede the will of voters,” Herrington said. “The Flower Hill Party looks forward to letting our residents decide who runs the village by discussing our plan to build on a track record of success including lowContinued on Page 61
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