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Vol. 7, No. 35
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Low turnout marks Dem victories
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46K votes cast in last week’s races BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Congressional candidates Robert Zimmerman and Laura Gillen won their respective primary elections despite a lower turnout from Democratic voters throughout Nassau County than June’s gubernatorial primary. A total of 46,229 votes were cast in both the 3rd and 4th Congressional District Primary elections two weeks ago. Officials from the Nassau County Board of Elections said nearly 11% of registered Democratic voters cast ballots for the congressional primaries, more than 3% fewer than those who voted in the state’s gubernatorial primary in late June. New district maps were submitted recently by a court-appointed special master and have been viewed as more neutral compared to ones that were rejected by a state appeals court earlier this year. But the newly-drawn lines forced the Congressional and state Senate primaries to take place in August rather than June with the gubernatorial primary, causing concern that fewer people would vote. The 3rd Congressional District race, comprised of Zimmerman, activist Melanie D’Arrigo, former Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan and Reema Rasool, racked up 26,520 votes. Continued on Page 46
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Town abortion hearing to resume Vote to postpone decision passed along party lines at DeSena-less Aug. meeting BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The North Hempstead Town Board was scheduled to continue a hearing on Sept. 1 to consider the repeal of a 50-year-old section of town code that allows only hospitals, facilities administered by a hospital or facilities affiliated with a hospital to terminate pregnancies. During an Aug. 4 meeting, the
vote to continue the hearing was approved 4-2 along partisan lines with Republican Supervisor Jennifer DeSena absent due to what was said to be a longstanding family commitment. Although not present at the initial hearing, DeSena will have the chance to vote this Thursday on the ordinance she said she was in favor of repealing.
“Although I was unfortunately unable to be there in person tonight to cast my vote due to a longstanding prior family commitment, I support the repeal of this chapter and would have voted yes for it, as it brings North Hempstead’s Town Code into conformity with state law, and removes a chapter of our code which is unenforceable and superseded by the New York Public Health Law,”
DeSena said in a statement following the meeting. Chapter 41A in town code was adopted on Aug. 10, 1971, one year after the state Senate legalized abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy and two years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade, which permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy Continued on Page 47
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