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Vol. 33 No. 46
NoVEMBER 10 - 16, 2022
By KYlE CHIN kchin@liherald.com
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Colón named commander of Legion district nity.” Colón grew up in North Bellmore, and was inspired to join Frank Colón Jr. is no stranger the Legion at the suggestion of to service and duty. As the acting his father, Frank Sr., who served commander of American Legion in the Navy during World War II Post No. 303 in Rockville Centre aboard the destroyer the USS for more than eight Wainwright. years, he has dediFrank Jr. enlisted cated a great deal of in the Army in 1972, his spare time to and was stationed in working with local Hanau, Ger many, veterans and their amid communist families. control of East GerColón, 70, was many. He was then appointed comstationed in Vicenza, mander of the New Italy, high in the Yo r k A m e r i c a n Alps. After spending Legion’s 10th district two and a half years during the organizain Europe, he tion’s annual conretur ned to Fort vention in upstate Hamilton, in BrookSaratoga this sum- FRANK ColÓN lyn, where he served mer, and he now Post 303 for over three years oversees more than Commander, with the Military 15,000 members Police. across Nassau, Suf- American Legion In 1979, Colón folk and Queens. shipped out to South “It’s gratifying,” Korea, where he served under Colón said of his appointment. Commanding General John “It’s a big area. All of the guys in Wickham. all of the counties know me. We When he returned to Long all get along. Most of the guys Island, he spent three years as an are past county commanders, ROTC instructor at Hofstra Uniand we’re all coming up through versity, after which he was stathe ranks. They’re a good group tioned at Fort Meade, in Maryof people. They’re all working hard and serving their commuContinued on page 4
By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
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ToWN oF HEMpSTEAD Councilman Anthony D’Esposito was leading Laura Gillen in the race to succeed Congresswoman Kathleen Rice. cess flipped a seat from Democratic to Republican control. “I want to thank each and every one of you in this room,” D’Esposito told supporters in Baldwin. “You’ve worked hard and you’ve knocked on doors. You’ve made the phone calls. You’ve dug into your pockets to get us across this finish line. We
took a seat that’s been in Democratic hands for 25 years.” D’Esposito will succeed Kathleen Rice in representing most of southern Nassau County at the federal level, the first Republican to do so since Daniel Frisa lost re-election to Carolyn McCarthy in 1996. McCarthy Continued on page 7
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D’Esposito claims victory over Gillen in congressional race Anthony D’Esposito says he’s going to Washington. But as the clock struck midnight, turning Election Day into Wednesday, his Democratic opponent, Laura Gillen, wasn’t quite ready to concede the 4th Congressional District race. “We’re going to wait until every vote is counted,” Gillen told supporters in Freeport late Tuesday night. “It’s an extremely close race. There’s still a lot of ballots out there.” As Gillen spoke, however, unofficial election returns from Nassau County showed D’Esposito leading her by 8,000 votes, with 87 percent of precincts reporting. A half-hour later, the county Board of Elections completed the counting, increasing D’Esposito’s lead to 10,000 votes. It was 51.9 percent for D’Eposito out of the more than 266,000 votes counted, compared with Gillen’s 48.1 percent. D’Esposito, a former New York City police detective from Island Park, appeared to have eked out a victory, and in the pro-
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Winner
opponent
Governor
Kathy Hochul (D)............... 54% Lee Zeldin (R).................... 46%
Comptroller
Thomas DiNapoli (D)........ 57% Paul Rodriguez (R)............ 40%
Attorney General
Letitia James (D)............... 56% Michael Henry (R)............. 42%
U.S. Senator
Charles Schumer (D)......... 58% Joe Pinton (R).................... 39%
Congressional District 4
Anthony D’Esposito (R).... 52%
Senate District 6
Kevin Thomas (D).............. 59% James Coll (R).................... 41%
Assembly District 21
Brian Curran (R)................. 50%
Laura Gillen (D)................ 48% Judy Griffin (D)................ 49%
unofficial results as of midnight eSt tuesday
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e would just like to let everybody know, we’re here for the veterans and their families.