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Vol. 65, No. 45
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ELECTION GUIDE 2016
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MARTINS TOUTS RECORD
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Local, national races in N. Shore voters’ hands Martins-Suozzi, Phillips-Haber headline ballots BY N O A H MANSKAR North Shore voters will pick more than just a new president in Tuesday’s election — they’ll also send new representatives to the national, state and county legislatures. Four of the races on northwest Nassau County ballots are for open seats after the resignations of three popular lawmakers and the death of a fourth. Incumbents are seeking re-election in the other three races. Some candidates have said the showdown between Demo-
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF EAST WILLISTON
Halloween patrol Kids and parents took the streets in East Williston Oct. 29 for the village’s annual Ragamuffin Parade. See more photos on page 23.
crat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump has overshadowed the contests further down the ballot. But some of them have big local implications. The North Shore will likely have a hand in determining which party controls the state Senate, and whether the Nassau County Legislature will have a Republican supermajority that
would not need Democrats’ approval to spend or borrow money. Two others will determine who replaces lawmakers who have represented the area for at least a decade. And voters could re-elect Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, who could become the next Senate majority leader if Democrats take control of the chamber. U.S. Senate Schumer, a Brooklyn Democrat, is seeking a fourth six-year Continued on Page 64
Work train derailed before LIRR crash: railroad prez Investigation continues into Oct. 8 collision near NHP BY N O A H MANSKAR The work train that caused a Long Island Rail Road passenger train to derail near New Hyde Park last month had derailed itself before the accident, the railroad’s president said last week.
The work train was knocked off course Oct. 8 when it hit a point where a switch was unexpectedly flipped as it traveled east, forcing it into the path of the oncoming eastbound passenger train, Patrick Nowakowski, the LIRR president, said at an Oct. 26 meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority’s LIRR committee. The Federal Railroad Administration is leading the continuing investigation into why the switch was improperly flipped, leading to a collision that injured 33 people and snarled train service for two days, Nowakowski said. Continued on Page 65
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