Santos uses funds raised on himself

Repays himself $85K of $162K fundraised

BY BRANDON DUFFY

U.S. Rep. George Santos of the 3rd Congressional District raised $162,031.52 in the latest quarter for his re-election campaign, repaying $85,000 of the contributions to himself to partly cover over $700,000 in personal loans from previous congressional bids, according to the Federal Election Commission.

An amended fling report showed the indicted congressman is currently behind Democratic hopefuls–former two-term state Sen. Anna Kaplan, advocacy group co-founder Zak Malamed and Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D-Woodbury)–and Republican challenger Kellen Curry in fund-raising eforts for the quarter.

Santos is currently being investigated by the House Ethics Committee and faces a 13-county federal indictment alleging multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering, among other things.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges in a June court appearance.

If convicted of the top charges, Santos could face up to 20 years in prison.

Santos reported having approximately $86,500 cash on hand and $630,000 in debt owed to the previous loans for the quarterly period.

Kaplan, of Great Neck, reported raising $455,060.98 for the quarter, which included $190,000 for her own campaign. Kaplan fnished the quarter with $389,839.77 cash on hand.

Malamed, of Great Neck, reported raising $417,945.52 with

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The purchase is part of the district’s master plan, adopted in December 2020, that includes expanding parkland whenever the appropriate opportunities present themselves, Prior said.

“The park district went through an extensive two-year master plan process in 2019 which yielded results of acquiring parkland for the residents,” Superintendent Jason Marra said.

Marra said the next steps for the district are to speak to either engineers or landscape architects about development plans, which will also be presented to the community.

“We want to be able to use the park as best as possible,” Marra said.