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Friday, January 20, 2023
Vol. 8, No. 3
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Santos just one of the guys in House Serial liar CD3 congressman named to two committees By Robert Pelaez Newly-elected U.S. Rep. George Santos was named to a pair of House committees on Tuesday amidst a myriad of investigations launched into his personal, professional and financial background. Republican House leaders said Santos will serve on Congress’ Small Business Committee as well as the Science, Space and Technology Committee amid grow calls for him to resign. Santos also 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 on Tuesday. 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 he is calling on the FEC to launch an investigation into potential illegal activity and irregularities with the camContinued on Page 38
Manorhaven to hold hearing on moratorium PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Weber Middle School students got creative at the library makerspace last week.
Will consider whether to impose another 6-hold on building BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Village of Manorhaven is scheduled to hold a public hearing next week on again imposing a sixmonth building moratorium after approving one in October. Village officials revoked the pre-
viously approved moratorium in late November. Village Mayor John Popeleski told Blank Slate Media that the moratorium would be reinstated in December, saying at the time it was implemented to “preserve what [Manorhaven] has left.” The village would not accept
or process any special permits, site plan approvals, demolition or building permits during the moratorium. Subdivisions by any person or entity would not be permissible under the moratorium, officials said. “We’re going over all our codes Continued on Page 45
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