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Friday, August 25, 2023
Vol. 11, No. 34
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
TOWN COMPTROLLER RESIGNS SUDDENLY
BLAKEMAN SAYS NO MIGRANTS IN COLISEUM
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GOP mailers turn local races nasty early
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N. Hempstead supervisor candidates, Lafazan subject of fliers’ attacks BY C A M E RY N O A K ES With a little more than two months before the Nov. 7 election, campaigns have begun to heat up as a series of mailers – targeting both Democrat and Republican candidates – have been sent out to homes locally. The main candidates targeted through these mailers are the two Town of North Hempstead Supervisor candidates, incumbent Jennifer DeSena and Jon Kaiman, as well as Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D–Woodbury) – who is running for re-election in District 18 and in the race for New York’s Third Congressional District in 2024. A mailer produced by Kaiman’s campaign claimed that DeSena runs a “negative campaign” and is backed by anti-choice and pro-gun conservative and Republican parties. The mailer states that she “defines herself on day one throwing dirt, lies, and smears,” alongside a photo of her with Rep. George Santos (NY-03) with a quote expressing her support for the embattled representative. The reverse side of the mailer includes supportive claims for Kaiman’s candidacy. With a statement at the top that “Democrats choose honors, integrity and experience.” It’s followed by initiatives that Kaiman has achieved
during his tenure in politics, political offices he has held over the past 25 years and issues supported on his platform. DeSena’s campaign provided a statement to Blank Slate regarding the mailer from Kaiman’s campaign targeting her. “Jon Kaiman is a ‘serial tax-hiker’ who voted himself a massive taxpayerfunded salary increase, and he presided over one of the most corruption-riddled towns in the history of municipal government,” the statement said. “He can run to Suffolk for his latest taxpayerfunded job, but he can’t hide from his shameful record as supervisor.” Kaiman also fell subject to a series of political mailers paid for by the New York Republican State Committee, which claimed he was soft on crime and presided over corruption while he previously served as North Hempstead’s supervisor. Included on one of the mailers is a list of where they sourced their information, attributing it to local news sources and legal case documents. Kaiman said at the opening of the Democratic campaign headquarters in Great Neck on Sunday that four mailers in total targeted his campaign just in the month of August. He said that the committee spent $100,000 on the mailers. Continued on Page 41
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD
The Town of North Hempstead hosted an India Independence Day celebration at Town Hall in Manhasset.
Clients say owed millions from G.N. antiques dealer BY C A M E RY N O A K ES A group of individuals have banded together in an online support group over their mutual frustrations dealing with local estate and antique store owner Vahid Peter Khorshad, who they claim owes them millions of dollars. But Khorshad’s attorney said he is taking recent actions to remedy these claims. Khorshad, with his wife, owns three antique stores located in Great Neck, Bayside, Queens, and Manhat-
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Daniel Roubeni of Great Neck learned about Khorshad’s estate and antique store through hn is neighbor, who had also given antiques to Khorashad to sell. He said she was not aware that she was a “victim” prior to recommending Khorshad. Roubeni, who was moving out of his home, sold his antique Louis XIV table to Khorshad in 2018, which was appraised at $50,000. Shortly after, Roubeni’s neighbor told him Khorshad had not paid her
yet and Roubeni said he began to get nervous. Roubeni said he reached out to Khorshad about his table but that Khorshad said it was in California and had been sold. When he asked for his money, Roubeni said Khorshad told him he had lent it to someone else. Efforts to contact Khorshad were unavailing after years of back-andforth communication occurred with Khorshad, Roubeni said, and the excuses Khorshad provided changed Continued on Page 42