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Deputy mayor in Old Westbury loses position Mayor Carillo removes Fastenberg, gives job to Trustee Marina Chimerine B Y CHRIS ADAMS
PHOTO BY CHRIS ADAMS
Leslie Fastenberg (pictured), who acted as deputy mayor after being elected to the board in 2015, lost the position in favor of Trustee Marina Chimerine, who was appointed by Mayor Fred Carillo.
An Old Westbury trustee, Leslie Fastenberg, was relieved of her job as deputy mayor and head of government relations by Mayor Fred Carillo, who appointed Trustee Marina Chimerine to the role at the board meeting on Monday. Fastenberg joined the board in 2015 when she was elected through a surprise write-in campaign. Under the party New Voice for Old West-
bury, Fastenberg sought transparency in village government. Fastenberg said she was disappointed about the action because she hoped to collaborate with the mayor, and her title of deputy mayor was an acknowledgement by Carillo of the 660 voters who backed her last year. “As everybody knows I was the lead agent in the stealth write-in campaign that Mayor Carillo acknowledges, which has infused this Continued on Page 70
Martins and Suozzi move to center By N o a h M a n s k a r ate change in the increasingly tions and pledged to continue Both Republican Jack Martins and Democrat Tom Suozzi last Wednesday said the North Shore needs a congressman who can work across the aisle to cre-
polarized Congress. In their first joint appearance, at the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, the candidates in the Third Congressional District espoused moderate policy posi-
going against the political grain. Martins and Suozzi, the likely general election candidates to succeed Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) in the district stretching from northeastern Queens to northwestern Suffolk County, touted moves they described as political risks that created concrete changes before the crowd of more than 150 people.
Both candidates agreed on a need for gun control and unwavering support for the state of Israel, but differed on health care and immigration reform. Both sons of immigrants, Martins and Suozzi dismissed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to deport millions of undocumented immigrants but diverged on whether those already here should have a path to citizen-
ship. Both spoke of failures of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, but Suozzi said there should be a public health insurance option similar to Medicare while Martins said over-regulation of the health industry has made things harder for consumers. Martins, a state senator and former Mineola mayor, touted Continued on Page 70
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