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Carini wins re-election Sewage project Republicans win big in Town of Hempstead races on Sunrise nears an end By CHARlES SHAW
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Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the Nassau County Legislature a n d t h e H e m p s t e a d Tow n Board. In the race in the Legislature’s 12th District, Republican Michael Giangregorio declared victory over his Democratic opponent, Matthew Pasternak, and will represent Wantagh and Seaford. Giangregorio, who won his first term as legislator in a special election early this year, captured roughly 70 percent of the vote — receiving 10,492 votes out of the nearly 15,000 cast, according to unofficial results provided by the Nassau County Board of Elections. “Thank you everyone here,” Giangregorio said Tuesday. “You brought it out for me nine months ago — we did it again. I can’t wait to work with these people and make Nassau County a better place.” In addition to affordability and quality-of-life initiatives, Giangregorio wants to pursue
November.” For years, the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility, in If your commute on Sunrise East Rockaway — for merly Highway has been interrupted known as the Bay Park Sewage by construction, there’s good Treatment Plant — has been pumping 50 million gallons of news: It’s almost finished. Construction crews are in treated sewage per day into the the final stages of installing Western Bays. The resulting nitrogen pollution over 10 miles of c a u s e s a n ove rpipe systems along g rowth of alg ae Sunrise to connect and an increase in t wo w at e r- t re at harmful toxins and ment facilities. The bacteria, according project, called the to the EnvironmenBay Park Conveytal Protection ance, began in the Agency. summer of 2021, The underwith the goal of ground pipes will eliminating excesreroute the effluent sive nitrogen pollufrom the East Rocktion in Nassau away facility to the County’s Western ANDREW FERA Cedar Creek Water B ay s . T h e c o n - Project manager Pollution Control struction is now 77 Plant in Wantagh, percent completed, according to the Long Island where it will be pumped out into the Atlantic. Fera detailed Regional Planning Council. “The construction crews the rerouting in a digital prehave been working on that the sentation on Oct. 26 by the planlast few weeks,” Andrew Fera, ning council, the DEC and the the project director from the Nassau County Department of state Department of Environ- Public Works, which are partners in the project. mental Conservation, said of Communities near the Westthe final phase of construction along Sunrise Highway. “We ern Bays will see better water certainly hope that we can get quality and a revitalized shellthis complete by the end of ConTinueD on page 12
By NIColE FoRMISANo
nformisano@liherald.com
Tim Baker/Herald
Christopher Carini won re-election in the Town of Hempstead’s District 5, with almost 61 percent of the vote. grants for county projects, such as combating the opioid crisis. He also wants state and federal grants for infrastructure so the county can have affordable housing and expand. Giangregorio said he believes in listening, and working to improve the community, and that he was just getting
started with his legislative career. This was a difficult year for the Democrats, particularly in the Town of Hempstead, where Republican incumbents won l a n d s l i d e v i c t o r i e s. Tow n Supervisor Don Clavin won reelection with 65 percent of the ConTinueD on page 14
ElEction RESUltS Office
Leading
Opponent
Hempstead Town Supervisor
Donald X. Clavin (R,C) ...... 65%
olena nicks (D, WFp) .... 35%
Hempstead Town Clerk
Kate Murray (R,C) ............ 63%
Susan e. Cools (D) ........ 37%
Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes
Jeanine C. Driscoll (R,C) ... 63%
Michael F. Reid (D) ........ 37%
Hempstead Town Council-5
Christopher J. Carini (R,C) ... 61%
Jasmine peña (D) ............. 39%
Nassau County Legislature-12 Michael J. giangregorio (R,C)... 70%
Matthew pasternak (D) ....30%
Nassau County Legislature-13 Thomas McKevitt (R,C) ..... 66%
Biju Chacko (D) ............. 33%
Nassau County Legislature-15 John Ferretti (R,C) ............ 73%
Matthew W. Malin (D).... 27%
unofficial results as of midnight eST Wednesday
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e certainly hope that we can get this complete by the end of November.