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Friday, June 23, 2017

Vol. 2, No. 25

Port WashingtonTimes RICE JOINS TRUMP SUIT, SUOZZI DOESN’T PAGE 6

Gerard Terry’s power in town a source of debate

BAY WALK PARK SET TO OPEN

POLICE TAKE DOWN ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS

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Ex Dem leader had influence over jobs and used clout as a club: sources BY N O A H M A N S K A R The Town of North Hempstead usually cuts paychecks for its employees and contractors on Fridays, but sometimes Gerard Terry couldn’t wait. Terry, who worked as the attorney for the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals and a special counsel in the town attorney’s office until last year, occasionally came to ask for his check on a Wednesday or Thursday, said Angelo J. Ferrara, a former deputy finance commissioner. “He would come into my office and say, ‘I guess they don’t know who I am,’” said Ferrara, who was fired from his post in 2013. He is not related to Angelo P. Ferrara, the Republican town councilman. That line from Terry reflects the influence he wielded, or attempted to wield, in North Hempstead’s government as an unelected figure who was never a full-time town employee, according to interviews with four current and former town officials.

In addition to his legal work with the town, Terry, 63, was the chairman of the town Democratic committee in North Hempstead, one of the party’s few strongholds in Republican-dominated Nassau County. He resigned in early 2016 following revelations of having more than $1 million state and federal tax debt, and has since been charged with state and federal tax crimes. Terry, an East Hills resident, appeared in federal court Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in state court on Friday. His attorneys have said they hope to resolve both cases. Terry’s role in the town gave him considerable influence over who was given town jobs that are not subject to civil service requirements, positions often called patronage jobs, the four sources told Blank Slate Media. Terry also used his clout, earned over more than four decades as a political leader, as a Continued on Page 48

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Port Washington students went on a fishing trip last week.

5 trustees, village justice elected in two Port villages Sands Point Mayor Edward Adler received 76 votes and Trustees Kay Ullman and Voters elected five trustees Marc Silbert received 78 and and a village justice in uncon- 79 votes, respectively, winning tested elections in Manorhaven two-year terms. Manorhaven Trustee Rita and Sands Point on Tuesday.

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO

Di Lucia received 181 votes and Trustee John Popeleski got 182 votes for new two-year terms. Village Justice Peter Gallanter received 167 votes for another four-year term. Continued on Page 71

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