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Friday, March 15, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 11
Port WashingtonTimes COUNTY GOP SEEKS ELECTED ASSESSOR
ELECTION DAY IN SOME VILLAGES
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GOP candidates announced for county, towns
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De Giorgio and Dalimonte to face off for N. Hempstead Town Council seat BY T E R I W EST Lawyer Francis “Frank” McQuade has announced his bid for Nassau County district attorney along with a slate of other Republican candidates challenging incumbent Democratic county and town officials. McQuade is one of several Republican candidates entering his first ever bid for political office. Newcomer David Yaudoon Chiang will challenge town Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey for North Hempstead’s District 4 seat and Ragini Srivastava will face District 2’s Peter Zuckerman. David P. Redmond, who challenged Town of North Hempstead Clerk Wayne Wink in 2017, is running for town supervisor. Port Washington’s Ronald Rochester is running for receiver of taxes. He staged an unsuccessful bid for Port Washington police commissioner in 2015, and according to his website, is a retired
U.S. Department of Treasury special agent and spent over a quarter century in law enforcement. “They’re excited to be running,” District 6 Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said of the North Hempstead Republican candidates. “They’re excited to be involved, and I think it’s a really quality ticket.” Dina De Giorgio, a Republican, is seeking re-election and will face challenger Mariann Dalimonte of Port Washington. De Giorgio is currently serving her second term for the district that represents Port Washington, Flower Hill, the Plandomes and Munsey Park. Donald X. Clavin Jr. is challenging Laura Gillen for Hempstead town supervisor. He is currently the town’s receiver of taxes. Though he a member of the Republican Party, McQuade told Blank Slate Media that the district attorney’s office should be more Continued on Page 58
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Flower Hill to acquire Middle Neck Road for $1 BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
sau County for $1 at Monday night’s meeting. Several mayors have atThe Village of Flower Hill tempted to acquire the road in Board of Trustees formally the past, which is fully within approved their acquisition of the confines of Flower Hill, but Middle Neck Road from Nas- failed to reach an agreement
because of the road’s poor conditions. Past officials wanted Nassau County to repair the road and relinquish ownership to the village, but the county did Continued on Page 58
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