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$322,101.61 cash on hand after announcing his campaign in May.

Lafazan, who came in third for the seat’s Democratic primary in 2022, reported $202,290.35 with $381,613.28 cash on hand for the period. Lafazan is also running for re-election in the county this year and reported raising $345,303 in the previous quarter from January to March.

Curry, a Queens resident who lives just outside the 3rd District, reported raising $200,725 with $164,881 cash on hand.

Democrats Scott Livingston and William Murphy raised $97,595 and $47,017.84, respectively, according to their disclosure reports.

Other candidates who have fled to run, including Democrats Darius Radzius and Steve Behar and Independent Matthew Nappo Jr., did not report any funds raised for the quarter.

Kaplan, who represented the state’s 7th Senate District from 20192022, is an Iranian immigrant whose parents sent her to the United States for her safety and was an active member of the Great Neck community before her time in government. She was elected to serve the Town of North Hempstead’s 4th District as a councilwoman in 2011.

In 2016, she sought election to the House of Representatives but lost to current Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen

Court orders NY congressional maps to be redrawn for 2024

Cove) in the Democratic primary. Kaplan defeated former Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips in 2018 to represent the 7th Senate District.

In 2022, she lost to Republican Jack Martins, who previously served the 7th Senate District.

Malamed, 29, is the co-founder of an advocacy group called The Next 50. He has combatted gun violence, working with former state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and speaking at a variety of rallies and school events.

At the age of 23, Lafazan became Nassau County’s youngest-ever legislator upon his election to the Nassau County Legislature in November 2017.

Curry is an Afghanistan war veteran and former vice president at J.P. Morgan. He completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan and currently serves in the Air Force Reserves, according to his campaign website.

After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2009, Curry was on active duty for eight years, delivering cybersecurity technology to the military.

He served as a vice president for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division from 20192023.

He has an MBA from George Washington University School of Business and a Master of Science in Sports Business. porary fx and can be discarded since the commission “had an indisputable duty under the N.Y. Constitution to submit a second set of maps upon the rejection of its frst set,” the court ruled.

“In granting this petition, we return the matter to its constitutional design,” Elizabeth Garry, the presiding justice, wrote in the majority opinion. “Accordingly, we direct the I.R.C. to commence its duties forthwith.”

The commission, made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, failed to reach a consensus on maps for 2022, causing the Democratically-controlled Legislature to create its own.

The Democrats’ proposal, which would have given them a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts, was said to be gerrymandered and rejected by McAllister.

The maps were eventually submitted by court-appointed a “special master” that were viewed as more neutral.