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NOVEMBER 4 - 10, 2021
Big night for Nassau GOP V.S. resident Solages, Gaylor and Kopel all win locally As midnight approached on election night, Re publicans in Nassau County-wide races were inching toward a GOP sweep. A s t h e H e r a l d we n t t o press, Bruce Blakeman, the Republican Town of Hempstead councilman, had surged p a s t i n c u m b e n t D e m o c r at Laura Curran in the race for county executive, with 92 percent of precincts reporting. At press time, an official winner had not been declared, but Blakeman had 52 percent of the vote to Curran’s 47 percent. Close to 20,000 absentee ballots remained to be counted, however. What was certain: Republican Anne Donnelly, a 32-year career prosecutor in the Nassau district attorney’s office, was declared the winner in the contest for D.A. Donnelly d e f e a t e d S t a t e S e n . To d d Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, garnering 60 percent of the vote. Republican Elaine Phillips, a for mer state senator, was declared the winner in the race for county comptroller, besting Democrat Ryan Cronin. And Re publican Mau-
helps shape bullying law
the online harassment, Kucharz reached out to several elected officials, including Kaminsky, State legislation to fight sharing information about her cyberbullying, signed by Gov. experience and research on Kathy Hochul last month, had a cyberbullying, in particular teen leading advocate from Valley cyberbullying. Stream. The legislation, part of a largL i s a - M i ch e l l e er package of Kucharz, 51, a comonline safety meamunications prosures, created a fessor at Long nine-member state Island University task force that will in Riverhead, took study the impact of up the cause in the cyberbullying on hope of sparing people and recomothers from the mend actions to traumatic ordeal address the probthat she faced as a lem. The panel will victim of online comprise experts stalking and in child psychology, LiSA-MichELLE h a r a s s m e n t fo r technolo g y, law three years, and KUchARZ enforcement, menshe approached Cyberbullying tal health and State Sen. Todd social services legislation advocate Kaminsky, a DemoCyberbullying crat from Long has quickly beBeach, with her come among the story. most widespread problems “It was really horrible to the among young people. According extent that at times I felt it broke to a Pew Research Center survey, me. I was devastated,” Kucharz an estimated 59 percent of U.S. said. “The person constantly teens have experienced cyberbulsent me messages, posted about lying. me on multiple social media Kucharz, who said she is espeaccounts, wrote to my employer, cially concerned about cyberbulwrote to my family and friends.” lying among teens, would like After her harasser pleaded policymakers to begin by definguilty to charges stemming from Continued on page 5
By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
Courtesy: Christina Daly
REpUBLicAN chALLENgER BRUcE Blakeman was leading Democratic County Executive Laura Curran. reen O’Connell appeared headed to victory over Democrat Justin Brown in the voting for county clerk. Incumbent Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin also appeared headed toward an easy victory over Democrat Jason Abelove at press time, nearly doubling Abelove’s vote count. In the 3rd Legislative Dis-
trict, Democratic incumbent Carrie Solages, of Lawrence, won a decisive victory over Republican challenger Bernad i n F l e u r i m a , o f Va l l e y Stream. Solages won roughly 70 percent of the vote, and celebrated with his constituents at a private event. Results were unofficial as of Tuesday night.
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Winner
opponent
county executive
Bruce Blakeman (undeclared) – 52%
Laura Curran (d) – 47%
district attorney
anne donnelly (R) – 60%
todd Kaminsky (R) – 40%
comptroller
elaine phillips (R) – 61%
Ryan Cronin (d) – 39%
L.d. No. 3
Carrie Solages (d) – 70%
Bernadin Fleurima
L.d. No. 6
William gaylor (R) – 60%
Laura Burns (d) – 40%
L.d. No. 7
Howard Kopel (R) – 70%
Lisa daniels (d) – 30%
toh supervisor
don Clavin (R) – 65%
Jason abelove (d) – 35%
(R) - 30%
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