COLUMNS

treasurer, longtime GOP operator Nancy Marks.

• Ritchie Torres (NY-15), among others, has called for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate Santos’ muddied, perhaps even swampy financial situation.

• On February 1, members of more than half a dozen local activists groups protested outside Santos’ district office calling for his resignation. “You will not get away with this Mr. Santos,” said William Bailey, senior director at New York Communities for Change, as WABC reported.

• Nassau County Republicans continue to distance themselves publicly from Santos. An article by Joe Anuta for the website Politico reported that local GOP are hoping that relative-newcomer District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly will go the distance re: legal repercussions. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman commented at a January press conference, as noted in Politico: “He needs help ... This is not a normal person.”