S1 NASSAU HERALD — October 31, 2013 S2 October 31, 2013 — NASSAU HERALD soccer, baseball andbasketball coach. Local 830,330;volunteer CSEAJudiciary Officers, CSEARegionOneLongIsland, CSEA Benevolent Association, OrderofCourt Fraternal Police Benevolent Association, Officers Court Superior Officers Association, LongBeach Detectives Association, NassauCountyPolice Benevolent Association, NassauCountyPolice Other: JudgeCourt RichardLaPera, 1998-2004. Attorney, toCounty 1994-98;law secretary Legal career: Court, NassauCounty, 2006. siding justice, Integrated Domestic Violence Nassau CountySexOffenseCourt, 2006;pre- sau County, 2007-present;presidingjustice, judge), StateSupremeCourt, Nas- Judiciary Committee. Judiciary qualified” by NassauCountyBar Association’s Court, Order ofPolice; Fraternal rated “well Lawyers, Theodore Roosevelt American Innof York State Association ofCriminal Defense Association, Women’s Bar Association, New Nassau CountyBar Association, Brandeis Lippman, New York’s chiefadministrative Criminal Term (appointedby Jonathan Nassau County, 2005-present;actingjustice, Nassau Lawyers’ Association ofLongIsland, Jewish Lawyers Association; memberofthe Bar Courts Association; vicepresidentofthe president oftheNassauCountyCriminal District Attorneys’past Assistant Association; Other: la, 1997-present. 1990-97; private practiceattorneyinMineo- Queens County Assistant District Attorney, Legal career: School, 1990. New YorkLaw 1987; JurisDoctor, York atBinghamton, University ofNew lor of Arts, State Education: ra; threedaughters. Family: Lives in: Age: ing justice, New York StateSupremeCourt, 2004-present; act- Judge, CountyCourt, On thebench: Law, 1993. University Schoolof Juris Doctor, , 1989; of Arts, Adelphi lor Education: four children. Family: Lives in: Age: Democratic, Working Families, Green Democrat, Working Families, Green 47 47 Past presidentoftheQueensCounty Endorsed by NassauCountyPolice Wife, Barba- Wife, Married; Married; Published byRichnerCommunications, Inc.2EndoBlvd., GardenCity, NY11530 Roslyn Greenvale David Levine David Ayres Bache- Bache- ELECTION 2013 NassauCounty Assistant District

ANDREW HACKMACK JEFFREY A. NEGRIN JEFFREY A. ALYSON GOODMAN 2013 Voters Guide 2013 Voters Editorial Designer Creative Director Creative Section Editor 2013 VOTERS GUIDE is a special supplement to the Herald Community Newspapers. isaspecialsupplementtotheHeraldCommunityNewspapers. County Court Vote forany two ciation, New York StateMagistrates Association , NassauCountyMagistrates Asso- Government, FriendlySonsofSt. Patrick on New HydePark KiwanisClub, Irish Americans in Other: ham Law School, 1988 Education: JudgeCourt DonaldE. Belfi, 1995-2003 1995, PrincipalLaw ClerktoNassauCounty sau CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office1988- Legal Career: ate Judge, New HydePark Village Court, 1997 Hyde Park Village Court, 1998-2002; Associ- Supreme Court, 2003-2012;Judge, New Court, and Acting Justice, New York State Court, 2012-2013;Judge, NassauCounty Court, and Acting Judge, NassauCounty County District Judge, Nassau On theBench: Megan David, Jr., and children Katherine, Family: Park Lives in: Age: judgecounty court sitting asacting judge,District court Sacred Heart, 1974; College ofthe Education: Russell Bullwinkel Family: Lives in: Age: Club President, Kiwanis NassauCountyCourthouse Other: JusticeJeraldCourt S. Carter, 2010-present Judgesau CountyCourt and Acting Supreme DeNino, toNas- 2007-2009;Law Secretary and Justice Acting SupremeCourt William Judge Supervising to NassauCountyCourt Richard LaPera, 2004-2007;Law Secretary Judge toNassauCountyCourt Law Secretary JudgeCourt DonaldDeRiggi, 1995-2003; toNassauCounty 1991-1995; Law Secretary 1987-91; Patricia Harrington, Attorney atLaw, defense attorneywithCapetolaandDoddato, County District Attorney’s Office, 1976; Attorney’s Office, 1978-1987;Intern, Nassau County District Prosecutor, Suffolk Legal Career: School, 1977 St. John’s Law Conservative, Independence, Republican Conservative, Independence, Republican Vice President ofSales Vice President RHONDA GLICKMAN JOHN C. O'CONNELL Production Manager KAREN MENGEL Executive Editor 50 61 David P. Sullivan NASSAU COUNTYJUDGES New HydePark KnightsofColumbus, andDistinguishedPastVice-President Wife Eileen, Wife Husband, New Hyde Westbury Newton Harrington Patricia A. Fordham University, 1985;Ford- • Assistant District Attorney, Assistant Nas-

(516)569-4000 After thepollsclosevisitwww.liherald.com forelectionresults Second DistrictCourt Decision MakingCommittee. Organization, SeafordSchoolDistrictShared SEPTA Association, SeafordFORTEMusic CSEA; member, SeafordManorPTA, Seaford Negotiation member, Competition;former teer facultyjudge, St. John’s SchoolofLaw Bar Committee;volun-Association’s Judiciary ies; Rated “well qualified” by Nassau County Women Judges, Association ofLaw Secretar- Lawyersof Association,NationalAssociation County Women’s Bar Association, Columbian tion, QueensCountyBar Association, Queens Other: civil matters, 1994-2004. senting bothprivate andmunicipalentitiesin private practiceattorneyinManhattan, repre- Supreme Court, QueensCounty, 2004-12; ofClaimsjudge,Court New York State ney fora inbothcriminalandcivilterms County, attor- 2012-present;principalcourt er Foundation stead MiddleSchool;BoardMemberofMaur- Women’s Bar Association; mentoratHemp- Pasternment; President, NassauCounty Big Sisters;President, Irish Americans inGov- Kiwanis Club;BoardMember, BigBrothers tion; President, NassauCountyCourthouse 2006-present; NassauCountyBar Associa- Other: Offense Bureau) Deputy BureauChief, Homicide/Major Offense andDomestic Bureau;PastViolence Attorney, 1986-2005(Past BureauChief, Sex 2005-2010; NassauCounty Assistant District JusticeKaren Supreme Court V. Murphy, troller, 2010-2013;PrincipalLaw Clerkto 2013-present; DeputyNassauCountyComp- Judge,Sitting NassauCountyDistrictCourt Legal Career: of Law, 1985. University School Pepperdine Albany 1982, ee, New York StateSupremeCourt, Queens attorneyrefer- Court Legal career: 1994. School ofLaw, St. John’s University 1992; JurisDoctor, St. John’s University, Bachelor ofScience, Education: Roger stepsons, Nickand Tom Mancusi, Family: Hempstead Lives in: Age: Education: two daughters. Family: Lives in: Age: Conservative, Independence, Republican Democratic, Working Families, Green Judge Joy Watson 54 43 Member, Nassau CountyBar Associa- Adjunct professoratMolloy College, Husband, Married; Anna Grimaldi Seaford SUNY ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOV. 5

Polls areopen6a.m.to9p.m. Vote forone Currently, theconstitutiongrants veterans five pointsofcredit have been appointed or promoted to a civil service position.have beenappointedorpromotedtoacivilservice say yes tocasinos. That wording says thatthecasinosarefor rights to the land in exchange for an equal parcel of land rights tothelandinexchange foranequalparcelofland motional exam. Disabledveterans areentitledtoanaddi- Previously, thestateconstitutionoutlaws gambling inthe and villages tocontinueexcludefromtheirdebtlimits loophole inthelaw, however, deniesdisabledveterans the power toauthorizeupseven casinosinNew York State. Inaddition, therearesixproposed constitutionalamend- maximum age untilwhich justicesofthestate’s Supreme Hamilton County, New York. The dispute, which hasbeen tracks, aswell ascharitable, non-profitgambling suchas Voters going tothepollsonNov. 5willfindmorethana amendments casinos, other choice on Voters get are forcedtoretireatage 70. of andtheCourt Court Appeals may serve. Presently, judges ProposalNumberSixwillincreasetotheage of80the Proposal NumberSix 200 acrestothestateinanotherlocation. acres, ue tomineon200forestpreserve willgive thefirm Lewis, EssexCounty. forallowingtocontin- Inreturn thefirm would ProposalNumberFive allow NYCOMinerals,vate firm, apri- tocontinueitsminingoperations inthe Town of Proposal NumberFive that would beaddedtothepreserve. between ProposalNumberFourresolves thestateandaprivate anongoing personover dispute aplotofland Proposal NumberFour would extendtherightto2024. ProposalNumber Three allows counties, cities, towns Proposal NumberThree position.service This amendmentclosesthatloophole. tional 10pointsforaexamandfive pointsfora promotion. A examsandanadditional2.5pointsforapro- on civilservice ProposalNumber Two would grant additionalcivilservice Proposal NumberTwo taxesthroughtherevenuesproperty generated.” state exceptforgambling onhorse racingatauthorized ProposalNumberOnewould give thelegislature Proposal NumberOne authorize uptoseven gambling casinos—hasbecomecon- ments ontheballot, mostofthemconsideredmundaneand Town legislative seats. the wording gives apositive spinthatmightpushvoters to extra pointsifthey have already beenappointedtoacivil credit forveterans who asdisabledafterthey arecertified pro forma, butatleastone—allowing thelegislatureto bingo andthestatelottery. The wording oftheproposalhas of sewage facilities. Currently, thelaw thatallows thisrightto the legislative purposeof “promoting jobgrowth, increasing going onfor100years, willendwiththestategivingupits inthetown ofLongLake,located inaforestpreserve in political entitiesexpiresonJan. 1, 2014. This amendment aid to schools and permitting localgovernmentsaid toschoolsandpermitting tolower been challenged because, incourt opponentssay, because choice of candidates for Nassau County and Hempstead choice ofcandidatesforNassauCountyandHempstead troversial inadvance oftheelection. indebtedness incurred for the construction orreconstruction fortheconstruction indebtedness incurred S3 NASSAU HERALD — October 31, 2013 (QGRUVH7RP6XR]]L +HUH·VZK\ “It will take Mr. Suozzi, whom we recommend with enthusiasm,enthusiasm, to get Nassau moving forward again.”

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Mangano “…shifted the tax burden toward” [home] owners… increasing their share of school taxes. “...county fees have exploded” under Mangano. “…Mangano’s first budget was out of balance, and that led NIFA to once again put the county under state controls.” that “Mangano seems incapable of presenting a budget  ” doesn’t need smoke and mirrors… Paid for by Friends of Tom Suozzi  S4 October 31, 2013 — NASSAU HERALD said, residentshave grieved their assessment system. Now, he to fixthecounty’s broken Hehasalsosaidheworked ment ratehasfallen. coming inandtheunemploy- improved, morebusinesses are economy ofthecountyhas increases, Maragos said, the Because ofthelacktax taxes stay down forresidents. wants tokeep makingsurethat and passed duringhisterm tax-increase budgets thatwere Maragos hastoutedtheno- since. Technologies it andhasrun Maragos foundedSDSFinancial Morethan20years ago, as NassauCountycomptroller. forhissecondterm is running IncumbentGeorge Maragos Lives in: Age: electronic filingprogram that Clerk’s inan officeparticipates SysteminwhichCourt the with theNew York StateUnified O’Connell citedapartnership and hadgone unrecorded. ments were sittinginaboxes two andahalfmilliondocu- According toO’Connell, about filings.backlog ofrealproperty worked toeliminateamulti-year office, sheandherstaff herfirstyear Within oftaking lage ofEast Williston. also asdeputymayor ofthevil- and New YorkStateAssembly inthe has previously served and re-electedin2009. She elected tothepositionin2005, MaureenO’Connellwasfirst Lives in: Age: 64 62 ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOV. 5. POLLSAREOPEN6A.M.TO9P.M. GreatNeck East Williston ELECTION 2013 Maureen O’Connell George Maragos Howard Weitzman’s claimsare gorically false.” Hesaidthat gations andcalledthem “cate- didn’t. Maragos deniedthealle- look like ithadasurpluswhen it the books” tomake thecounty saying thatMaragos “cooked Exchange Commission(SEC) with theSecuritiesand His challenger filedaclaim they shouldbe. and peoplearepaying what level assessments tothecorrect toallvisitors. sonal service is committedtoproviding per- to thecommunity. Shesaidshe itprovides are vital theservices Nassau’s residentsandhow clerk’s officeplays inthelives of thatthe es theimportance O’Connellsays sherecogniz- personnel andattorneys. that canbeaccessedby court documents paper filingsofcourt allows forelectronicratherthan Republican, Incumbent Republican, Incumbent ELECTION 2013 After thepollsclosevisitwww.liherald.com forelectionresults ELECTION DAY ISTUESDAY, NOV. 5 and management. ing streamliningdepartments streamline government, includ- he wantstocontinuework to Ifre-elected, Maragos says but ispaiddown over time. annual incomeofthehouse, ly many timeslarger thanthe home mortgage, which isusual- county budget, helikened it to a Though itisgreater thanthe manageable,very Maragos said. around$3.5billion,currently is Thecountydebt, which is costs aslow aspossible. taxesandkeep on property duce budgets thatheldtheline Executive EdMangano topro- he worked closelywithCounty pant ingovernment. Hehassaid ler asbeinganactive partici- Maragos seesthecomptrol- to withdraw them. bility andhasasked Weitzman damaging tothecounty’s credi- actions. $300 millionperyear intrans- Her officeprocessesabout withoneson.She ismarried tration, aswell asalaw degree. degree inhealthcareadminis- O’Connellholdsabachelor’s with apersonalapproach. balanced to deliver services ment. Shesaidshewillcontinue andcost-effectiveogy govern- for residents, improved technol- vision ofpersonalizedservice re-election tocontinueher Shesays for sheisrunning deed scams. seniorsofpredatory ty towarn done programs inthecommuni- and waivingfees. Shealsohas in recovering lostdocuments helped victimsby aidingthem Sandy, O’Connellsays shehas Following Superstorm NASSAU COUNTYCOMPTROLLER Polls areopen6a.m.to9p.m. NASSAU COUNTYCLERK put together anew staff. thing hewould do would beto job. Ifelected, hesaid, the first tees thataren’tqualifiedforthe replaced withpoliticalappoin- he says thatMaragos hasnow hiring aprofessionalstaff, which Weitzman saidhespentmonths Whenhewascomptroller, and bonddowngrades. years, leadingtobudget deficits aged theofficeover thelastfour says thatMaragos hasmisman- first CPA tobecomptroller. He position foreightyears, was the Weitzman, inthe who served paign becauseofanillness. then tonotbeingablecam- Weitzman attributeshisloss George Maragos fouryears ago. to reclaimtheseathelost Howard Weitzman isrunning Lives in: Age: dictate what shedoes. politics and willnotletparty the residentsofNassauCounty office. Shesaidshewillfightfor improving theCountyClerk’s ence andwork ethictousein her private sectorwork experi- ofthesolutionandput be part Gillensays thatshewantsto problems. new leaderstoaddressthe county, andsays Nassauneeds growing financialwoes inthe aboutthe she isconcerned ing theirfourchildren. Shesays she andherhusbandarerais- ence inthecommunitywhere for countyclerktomake adiffer- Laura Gillensaidsheisrunning Anative ofNassauCounty, Lives in: Age: 67 44 North Hills North RockvilleCentre Howard Weitzman of adeficit. Weitzman hassaid asurplusinstead could report another sothatthecounty over debtfromoneyear to ing thecomptrollerofrolling had “cooked thebooks,” accus- the SECsaying thatMaragos Weitzman filedaclaimwith office. tackle inhisfirsttwo monthsin something Weitzman wantsto to fixtheassessmentsystem, Anotherpriorityifelectedis means tostreamlineoperations asa embrace technology Gillenalsosays shewould addressed. problem areasthatneedtobe office andusethattoidentify thorough auditoftheclerk’s county comptrollertoconducta control. Shewould invite the waste andget spendingunder priority would betoeliminate Ifelected, shesaidherfirst Laura Gillen Democrat, Challenger Democrat, Challenger Maragos’s tenure. he says haswanedduring comptroller’s office, something inthe wants torebuildtrust priately. Ifelected, Weitzman taxpayer money isspentappro- dog” forthecounty, making sure comptroller asa “fiscal watch- Hesees theroleof districts. andspecial county departments including theauditingofseveral of hisrecordascomptroller, Weitzman saidheisproud county aswell. the amountofborrowingin in unpaidbills. Hehascriticized sau hascloseto$500million debt, andalsoclaimsthatNas- Hehas criticizedthecounty the SEC. claim hasyet tobeheldup by things like that, althoughthe that many have gone tojailfor as acommerciallitigator. holds alaw degree andworks is beinghandledproperly. Gillen lar inrevenue theofficereceives the hundredsofmillionsdol- must begiven tomake surethat Gillen says, andutmostcare and totherealestateindustry, systems state andcountycourt provides to essentialsupport TheCountyClerk’s office respond toa2007audit. opponent forafailureto Shehasbeencriticalofher of new technology. they needtoimplementtheuse that herstaffhasthetraining She says shewould alsoensure those ofaward-winning offices. County Clerk’s officeagainst to benchmarktheNassau clerk’s office. Hergoal would be and increaseefficienciesinthe S5 ;V@]M[LIa :W^MUJMZ\PB;@1 NASSAU HERALD — October 31, 2013 @1-9 Respected on Wall Street, Trusted on Main Street 0855$<

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Gary Hudes Diane Madden Republican, Incumbent Democrat, Challenger Age: 58 Age: 53 Lives in: Levittown Lives in: East Gary Hudes is Meadow seeking re-election Challenger in the Town of Diane Madden has Hempstead’s 6th spent the majority Council District, a of the last decade position he has held advocating for ani- October 31, 2013 — NASSAU HERALD 2013 — NASSAU October 31, since 2000. Prior to mal rights, and her ELECTION DAY entering politics, he efforts have led to VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH played a key role in reforms in the town revitalizing North animal shelter, a POLLS OPEN 6AM - 9PM Bellmore’s down- facility that has town business area on Bedford Avenue, where faced heavy criticism in the past. What she Hudes’s jewelry business is located. lacks in political experience, she said, she While in office, he helped facilitate a similar compensates with her work in advocacy, in revitalization in Levittown. Claiming that busi- addition to attending town board meetings for ness is a cyclical process, he said that East the past three years. Meadow — which has seen a multitude of store If elected, she said she would encourage closures in the past year — is on the rebuild, increased transparency in government, sug- and that he has begun reaching out to local gesting that all public meetings should be vid- landlords to encourage increased occupancy. eotaped and streamed on the Internet. Citing Hudes preaches a “hands-on” approach wasteful spending in the township, she said to government, preferring to see his constitu- she would call for the state comptroller’s office ents face-to-face when responding to their to audit each of its departments. concerns. He said he intends to continue to The emergence of big box stores, she said, encourage local residents to recycle, and, has caused smaller local business owners to financially, insists that the township must con- close their doors. To remedy this, she would CSEA, law enforcement including Nassau County PBA, tinue to maintain the highest Wall Street rat- reform the town’s zoning laws to enable more Detectives Association, Superior Officers Association, Nassau County Police Conference, COBANC, FOCO, ings to control government costs. mom and pop stores to enter the community. Fraternal Order of Police, Nassau County Fire Marshal’s PBA. 660666

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S10 ELECTION 2013 NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Edward P. Mangano Thomas R. Suozzi Republican, Incumbent Democrat, Challenger

Age: 51 nesses in Nassau County, and Age: 51 money the county owes in Lives in: Bethpage develop new industry. In Beth- Lives in: Glen Cove refunds. To avoid adding new page, he said, many films have debt, Suozzi said he would offer After a long career in the been shot in sound stages cre- The former county executive, refunds through future tax cred- Nassau County Legislature, Ed ated at the old Grumman prop- who lost by fewer than 400 its. He also said that the four- Mangano beat Tom Suozzi in an erty. votes in 2009, is seeking a year assessment freeze must upset victory four years ago. In Since taking office, Manga- return to the office he held for end, and properties should be that time, Mangano says Nas- no said preparing Nassau for eight years. Tom Suozzi has tout- revalued every one or two years.

October 31, 2013 — NASSAU HERALD 2013 — NASSAU October 31, sau County is in a better place. emergencies has been his prior- ed his experience leading the Suozzi said he is disappoint- Mangano touts his record ity. One of his earliest initiatives county, and said he will restore ed that the Islanders are leaving on property taxes, noting that he was to invest more in the coun- sound budgeting practices. Nassau County and would want has proposed four consecutive ty’s 911 system. Since Super- He is critical of Ed Manga- to work with the developer of budgets with no county tax Mangano said there are storm Sandy, Mangano said the no’s tenure, saying the county goals if elected is downtown the Coliseum site, Bruce Ratner, increases. He also repealed the other plans for the Hub. In addi- county has taken further steps, executive has borrowed too revitalization. In four years, he to keep the team. He also said home energy tax as one of his tion to a renovated Coliseum, a such as purchasing portable much money, failed to fix the wants to have plans completed he wants a grander plan for the first acts as county executive. shopping and entertainment traffic lights to keep the roads assessment system, and led to redevelop the downtown Hub. He said he has looked to complex will be constructed. He safe in large-scale blackouts. Nassau into financial disarray. areas in 10 communities in He wants to hire more offi- form public-private partnerships also said there are long-term If re-elected, Mangano says Suozzi said that Mangano’s poli- Nassau County. Suozzi said he cers for the Police Department to save taxpayers money. Control plans to bring the bio-tech he wants to focus on repairs at cies caused the takeover of the would make it a competition, as a way to bring down overtime of Nassau Bus was transferred industry to the site, creating the Bay Park sewage treatment county’s finances by the Nassau and the winning areas would costs. Bothered by scandals in from the MTA to Veolia Transpor- jobs and tax revenue. He also plant. He also wants to continue Interim Finance Authority, a state receive community development recent years, he said he wants tation, a move that Mangano brought in a private developer to to work on repairing the assess- control board. If elected, Suozzi block grant funds, along with to ensure a higher standard of said saved $30 million per year build a new ice hockey facility at ment system. The residential said he would work to ensure other assistance from the coun- ethics among police officers. and improved service for riders. Eisenhower Park. portion is in good shape, he that NIFA’s oversight would no ty. Nassau needs to grow its tax Suozzi says that if he is The deal to build a new Colise- He cited his economic poli- said, with assessment rolls longer be needed. He pointed base, Suozzi said, and add rent- elected he wants to work with um will be done entirely with cies as one of the reasons that being fixed right away so no new out that during his eight years in al housing stock for young pro- other elected officials, commu- private funds, Mangano noted, Nassau County has the lowest debt is added. More needs to office, Nassau County had 13 fessionals. nity and civic leaders, fire and the county will save about unemployment rate in the be done to address the com- consecutive bond upgrades and Regarding the assessment departments and other organi- $4 million per year on mainte- region. Mangano also said that mercial refunds, Mangano eight budget surpluses. system, Suozzi says he is con- zations to do what is best for nance costs. he has worked to keep busi- explained. Suozzi said that one of his cerned about the amount of Nassau County.

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PULL OUT SEE THE CENTERFOLD FOR SAMPLE ELECTION BALLOT ELECTION 2013 NASSAU COUNTY ELECTION 2013 NASSAU COUNTY S11 DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEGISLATURE DISTRICT 3 NASSAU HERALD — October 31, 2013 Kathleen Rice Howard Sturim Carrie Solages Naomie Jean-Philippe Democrat, Incumbent Republican, Challenger Democrat, Incumbent Republican, Challenger Age: 48 Age: 54 Age: 34 Age: 25 Lives in: Garden City Lives in: Great Neck Lives in: Elmont Lives in: Elmont Carrie Solages, Naomie Jean- District attorneys Howard Sturium, who defeated long- Philippe, a third-year can’t be focused on who works a princi- time Republican law student, seeks just one issue, says pal law clerk for the Legislator John Ciotti her first position in Kathleen Rice, who Nassau County in 2011, looks for a the County Legisla- has held that post in Judge, formerly second term for the ture after having vol- reshaped 3rd Dis- unteered for Tom Nassau County for worked in the dis- trict. Solages says Alfano in the the past eight years trict attorney’s office his goals, if re-elect- Assembly. Jean- after defeating a under Denis Dillon. ed, are to beautify Philippe says that 31-year incumbent. She has made fighting The most important change that he said Nassau County so that it will attract more her top priority is to DWI one of the hallmarks of her tenure, and he would make to the District Attorney’s Office young residents and lobby for a return of the make Nassau more affordable for its residents 5th Police Precinct. He has spoken out in so that seniors on fixed incomes and young now wants to do after people who text while is to focus on prosecuting violent predators to opposition of County Executive Mangano’s people can afford to stay in the county. She driving. the fullest extent of the law. The current consolidation of Nassau’s eight precincts and says that expanding youth outreach programs Rice said that district attorneys have to be administration under Kathleen Rice lets vio- says that the plan has been costly due to over- would be a top priority if she is elected. aggressive, consistent and effective in prose- lent offenders get off too easily, he said. In time and construction costs. Solages said that Jean-Philippe supports the New York Cos- cuting violent crime. She said she has a vision 2012, 67.4% of the violent felony cases improving road conditions will improve quality mos’ proposal for a soccer stadium and of life and promote economic development. mixed-use development at for where the county’s crime-fighting resources (which includes rape, manslaughter, murder, Solages says the greatest challenge is to because she says it will create thousands of should go, and is well-versed on modern robbery, burglary and illegal gun possession) avoid bankruptcy in the county. If re-elected, jobs, which is her priority. She says she would threats to families. were negotiated down to misdemeanors or Solages states that he would like to address be able to bring a fresh and new perspective She sees herself as the integrity guardian less. the issue of high property taxes. Solages to the Legislature and help to stabilize the tax of the system, and said she has not shied Sturim said the present administration’s intends on holding forums and gaining support base for residents. She states that she would from other leaders to fight what he says are be a diplomat for the district and try to work away from going after corruption among public reliance on plea bargaining with violent pred- unfair tax burdens for homeowners. He wants on plans that cover all bases in bipartisan officials. Effective district attorneys understand ators is misplaced, and allows criminals back to secure permanent funding for youth and fashion. all the dimensions of this complex job, she on the streets without being properly pun- mental health programs. said, whether it’s violent crime, fraud against ished for their crimes. He said his priority is to taxpayers, corruption, DWI, or reform. make Nassau County safer so that residents can live without fear. This district serves all of parts of Elmont, North Valley Stream, Valley Stream, South Valley Stream, North Woodmere and Inwood

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Shefacesachal- Town ofHempsteadsupervisor Lives in: Age: post by the Town Boardon office wasappointedtothe intheclerk’s supervisor administrative and former time. resident The Salisbury to herpositionforthefirst Ahmad isseekingelection RepublicanNasrin Lives in: Age: The key tobudgeting, Murray Calling herselfHempstead’s Kate Murray hasbeenthe 51 56 Levittown Salisbury For electioncoverage visitwww.liherald.com ELECTION 2013 ELECTION 2013 Nasrin Ahmad job last month and hopes to job lastmonthandhopesto was pleasedtotake onthe United Kingdom, saidshe Uganda andraisedinthe Ahmad, who in wasborn misconduct. ed ononecountofofficial petit larceny. Prosecutors trouble.” for aday, you’re going tobein you take your eye offthebudget of very, stablefinances. very If challenge —tokeep ourrecord it willcontinuetobemybiggest economy iscreepingback, and said, “There aresignsthatthe an AAA bondrating, Murray lion budget. $420mil- annually inanearly saving thetown $5million by 2.5percentthroughattrition, town willhave cutitsworkforce 2004 and2014, shesaid, the efficient workforce.” Between employees. Hewasconvict- gations madeby town with sexualharassmentalle- from incidentsassociated said thecharges stemmed Kate Murray Republican, Incumbent Republican, incumbent Noting thatthetown enjoys TOWN OFHEMPSTEADSUPERVISOR dents applyforonline.” wepermits couldhave resi- would alsolike toseewhat look intothelegality ofthis, I precious. Although Ihave to busy,very andtimeisvery waiting periods. Everyone is the office, itwould cutdown them outandbringto athome,more forms fill residents coulddownload website,”said. Ahmad“If availablemore forms onour “Iwould like tomake service. linesandpersonal short where residentscanenjoy auser-friendlyoffice run Shesaidhergoal isto ranks fromfilingclerk. years, risingthroughthe the Town Clerk’s officefor15 dents. Shehasworked in continue assistingtown resi- solar energy intotheirlives.”solar energy so residents “can incorporate the town holds “solar seminars” renewable energy, addedthat Hall ispowered entirelywith said. supervisor theenvironment,preserve the bon dioxideemissionsandhelp electric vehicles toreducecar- mitted tohybrid andplug-in Seaford. And thetown iscom- ties inBellmore, and Merrick install solarpanelsatitsfacili- grant thatenabledthetown to Jr. recentlysecureda$208,000 create energy. to extract heatfromtheearth and ageothermal installationto fueling stationfortown vehicles panels thatpower ahydrogen- Beach, withawindmill, solar tion and Waterways inLido town’s ofConserva- Department parkatthe a renewable-energy energy, notingthatthetown has long beenaleaderinrenewable Murray, whose officeat Town State Sen. Fuschillo Charles Murray saidHempsteadhas TOWN OFHEMPSTEADCLERK $313 millionthisyear. Henoted million in2003toalittleunder risen, Procaccisaid, from$220 always doneso. The levy has down inrecent years, ithasnot thatthelevy true hasgone decade, andwhile hesaidit’s meet expenses—forthepast amount itneedsintaxesto Hempstead’s taxlevy —thetotal meeting forthepastthreeyears. has attendedevery Town Board money. Procaccinotedthathe paign with$22,000ofhisown financing hisgrassroots cam- the DemocraticParty andis received from financialsupport tion. Procaccisaidhehasnot on theKateMurray administra- at times, hisblisteringattacks efficiency andtransparencyand, spoken callsforgreater town becauseofhisout- supervisor said, for approachedhimtorun County DemocraticParty, he Democratic line. The Nassau onthe Republican running programmer andaregistered Lives in: Age: School PTA. Summit LaneElementary Committee memberofthe She isalsoaLegislative Special Investigation Units. of Association International the New York Chapterofthe panic Bar Association, and tion, theLongIslandHis- Nassau CountyBar Associa- organizations, includingthe ber ofanumberlegal isamem- Garcia-Vieux elected officials. between thecommunityand to helpgrow therelationship the postbecauseshewants town, for saidsheisrunning Queens who now lives inthe lawyer originallyfrom JasmineGarcia-Vieux, a Lives in: Age: Procacci has charted Procaccihascharted Felix Procacciisacomputer 36 51 Franklin Square Levittown Registered Republican running ontheDemocraticline,Registered Republicanrunning challenger Jasmine Garcia-Vieux Felix Procacci should videotape its public should videotapeitspublic inefficiencies intown opera- utes.” been] relegated tothreemin- numbers,” hesaid, “I [have “When Ibringupthebudget ings, buthasbeenshutdown. at concerns Town Boardmeet- often attemptedtoraisebudget Murray foroffice. runs decreased intheyears before taxeshave that property crews arelarger thanneeded. standing aroundbecausethe branches, andheseesworkers hood attimestocleanuptree crews aresenttohisneighbor- tions. Inparticular, hesaid, town ous languages. Itistime availablemore forms invari- would alsolike tomake efficiently aspossible. I they needasquicklyand lic isgetting theinformation office tomake surethepub- streamline processesin efficiently.is running Iwant es tomake sureeverything I wanttoreview allprocess- soon asIget intotheoffice, Said Garcia-Vieux, “As Democrat, Challenger Procacci said the town Procacci saidthetown The candidate said he sees The candidatesaidhesees Procacci saidthathehas access government.” because they needto lose timeormoney just said. “People shouldnot ple work until5p.m.,” she 4:30 p.m. when mostpeo- clerk’s officeshouldcloseat “There isnoreasonwhy the Town Clerk’s officehours. would looktoincreasethe Ifelected, shesaid she by email. residents notwithmailers, but by communicating withtown money andreduce paperwaste added thatthetown couldsave produce watersavings. 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Age: 62 sau County, and release funding Age: 60 10 years of Democrat leadership. He Lives in: Long Beach for a comprehensive water quali- Lives in: Lynbrook said that school taxes are “too high” County Legislator Denise ty study of the Western Bays. Lynbrook resident Francis X. and “out of control.” Ford is running unopposed in She also said that she has her sixth bid for her legislative secured $70 million in capital Becker, a local businessman and Becker is in full support of the seat. In the 4th District, Ford funding to improve and upgrade certified financial planner, is making proposed $700 million capital proj- has been cross-endorsed by the county’s two neglected sew- his 10th consecutive run for Nassau ect to fix the Bay Park Sewage Plant, both the Democrats and Repub- age treatment plants. County Legislature. along with installing an outflow pipe. licans. Elsewhere, Ford said she has Because of court rulings against He said that he still enjoys work- Ford has been a resident of supported legislation that Long Beach for 30 years, and restricts the use of ATVs, motor- the petitions of both Democratic ing one-one-one with his constitu- says that she has long been ized scooters and other off-road opponents Adam Shapiro and ents, and that his office takes calls active in her West End neighbor- vehicles on county roads and Pamela Fregeau, Becker is running from approximately 1,000 of his hood. She touts her record of voting against property; promotes annual low-cost breast unopposed in the 6th Legislative District, which community members annually, while. He said the a 2.5 percent home energy tax; property tax cancer screenings, prohibits littering, dump- has a different look to it following legislative redis- county has been able to maintain all the essential increases totaling 42.3 percent over the ing and encroachment on county property past eight years, and supporting real prop- and fought for community revitalization and tricting. The district loses East Rockaway which services Nassau residents have come to expect. erty tax exemptions for people 65 and older road rehabilitation projects throughout the gaining portions of Rockville Centre and the Five “Surely, there is a lot more work that needs to with limited incomes. district, including a $1.7 million project to Towns. be done,” he said. “Come January we will be ready Immediately after Hurricane Sandy, Ford renovate two parking malls in Long Beach. Becker said that he is running for re-election to get back to work and to take on the challenge said that she called on the Environmental Ford said that she has secured because his party has allowed him to be proactive of seeing to it that Nassau County is no longer the Protection Agency to test the air and water $500,000 for road improvement projects, in Long Beach and other areas, amid resi- including a traffic study of Austin Boulevard, in getting things done in the district, as well as highest taxed county in the nation, but still the dents’ concerns about the impact that sew- repaving Long Beach Road in Oceanside, seeing his vision of proposing budgets that held best place to live and raise of family.” age-tinged floodwater and large piles of and an East Atlantic Beach Traffic calming the line on taxes, while fixing some of the systemic Becker and his wife, Clementine, raised their debris may have on their health in the after- study. A highway reconstruction project that problems that the county has experienced under three daughters in Nassau County. math of the storm. will take one southbound lane from Austin Ford said that during her time in office, Boulevard, from the Long Beach Bridge to she called on New York state to release $11 Long Beach Road in Oceanside, is being million from the EPA that was owed to Nas- planned. This district serves Lynbrook, Malverne, Malverne Park Oaks and North Lynbrook, and parts of Hewlett, Woodmere, North Valley Stream, Valley Stream and Rockville Centre.

This district serves Long Beach, Lido Beach, Atlantic Beach, Point Lookout and parts of Oceanside and Island Park. FOUR YEARS AGO, WE MADE A SMART CHOICE LEGISLATOR HOWARD J. KOPEL Responsive, accessible & in our community. An unmatched record of results, Howard cares about ALL our neighbors. LEGISLATOR HOWARD KOPEL HAS NOT RAISED PROPERTY TAXES! Nassau Democrats did. And planned to hike them again and again and again…by 16%!

LEGISLATOR KOPEL ALSO: • Forced the repeal of the Nassau Democrats’ 2.5% Home • Placed new attention on infrastructure by: repaving Energy Tax on heat & electricity the Fast Food Tax. Peninsula & Branch Boulevards, upgrading the Bay Park • Cut Nassau’s spending by $290,000,000, eliminated waste Sewage Treatment Plant with millions of dollars – and he’s and reduced the county workforce by 20%. doing it again post-Sandy, but being blocked by the Legislative Democrat Minority. He also forced New York City • Won the removal of offensive billboards bordering to retime their lights on Rockaway Turnpike to better ease our community. traffic and fully funded the Long Beach Road traffic study • Continued to provide top-notch constituent services help- from Rockville Centre into Oceanside to address congestion ing countless neighbors with government programs and aid and traffic flow. – before, during and after Hurricane Sandy.

657494 RE-ELECT LEGISLATOR HOWARD J. KOPEL Republican • Independence • Conservative • Tax Revolt

Paid for by Howard Kopel for Legislature S14 Halloween: a relief from real-life horrors

t is Oct. 31, 1951, a bitterly boys are doing, and she says Halloween is big, brash business today. have done the worst — they have actually cold Halloween. My moth- the big kids sometimes Houses are strewn with cobwebs; human caused harm. er and I are rushing home “chalk” people on Halloween, hands reach out of front lawns; bloody I’m afraid of school kids who walk into I from the neighborhood and that seems about as scary limbs hang from trees. By late September, their classrooms and start shooting. I’m bakery in the late afternoon, to me as anything could be. I huge candy displays fill the store shelves. also majoring in a fear of spinach, with a as the fading rays of sunlight walk faster. YouTube features pumpkin carving tech- minor in romaine, red leaf and Boston blink at me from between the All these years later, niques. Dozens and dozens of kids ring my Bibb. stores along Merrick Road. although nothing at all hap- doorbell on Halloween night. I bought 250 And these are just recent concerns, add- My mother is pushing my sis- pened to us, I remember the treats this year. ing to my underlying fear of another ter- ter in a big baby carriage and tension of that walk and the My own theory is that Halloween has rorist attack, or a plane crash, or sabotage I am running alongside, try- RANDI relief of getting home and become more important as the world has of our electrical grids or reservoirs. October 31, 2013 — NASSAU HERALD 2013 — NASSAU October 31, ing to keep up and, at the KREISS closing the front door behind become more terrifying. We like Halloween Life has become a perpetual House of same time, to keep my eye on us. because it offers us a manageable dose of Horrors. Nothing we invent can possibly the white bakery box with the Later, my dad helps me put scariness. We can sublimate our free-float- compete, for real action and terror, with charlotte rousse tucked on my gypsy costume, and we ing anxiety and control just how scared we what we face every day, filling our cars inside. The sponge cake, the heavy ring doorbells up and down the block, col- want to be. Alas, we cannot do the same in with gas and riding through tunnels and whipped cream, and the cherry on top — I lecting candy. The mystery of being out the world at large. getting on airplanes. can practically smell it through the white after dark on Halloween, the slight tingle What scared me silly this month? Coin- If I had young children, I would pre- cardboard. of fear down my spine, feel delicious, as cidentally, the month of Halloween is also serve Halloween for them. I would begin by The wind blows, and we lower our long as my hand is tucked into my dad’s. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Three shutting out real life for the moment, by heads into the cold air as we push along, No big boys will chalk us on our own block! friends were diagnosed this month. How’s turning off screens and bringing hopeful hurrying home. My mother is nervous, When we get home, we dunk for apples in that for a mean trick? and pleasant discussions to the dinner urging me to move along faster as we turn the big yellow bowl my mother usually On a more global level, North Korea has table. I would make a big deal about Hal- a corner onto a residential street. Just uses for baking, and I eat my charlotte an overgrown teenager with his finger on loween, let them feel a little scared, but then, some teenage boys come running rousse, with a Tootsie Roll chaser. How the nuclear button. Iran either has or is mostly safe, let them dress in costume and around the corner and knock into us, could I know then that it was a Norman about to have nuclear weapons. The wars walk with me, door to door, gathering all laughing and shouting and trying to “get” Rockwell moment? we fought in Iraq and Afghanistan seem to the junk food we could. one another with big, thick sticks of col- Looking back, it seems a fine and fitting yield ever-diminishing and increasingly I would buy a charlotte rouse if I could ored chalk. Halloween, with just the right amount of violent returns. Also, a mega-meteor just find one, and we would dunk for apples, My mother yells at them to be careful, fear to spice the afternoon and just the right missed Earth by a nano-hair. damn the water-borne bacteria. and they run off. My mother, though, is amount of sugar to sweeten the evening. It Congress is a Halloween howler if ever frightened, and seems worried about get- was 62 years ago, but it seems like 200, for all there was one. Dysfunctional, mean-spirit- Copyright © 2013 Randi Kreiss. Randi can ting home before dark. I ask her what the the ways the world has changed. ed and incompetent, our elected officials be reached at [email protected].

ELECTION 2013 NASSAU COUNTY LETTERS LEGISLATURE DISTRICT 7 Continued from page 47 tions to help resolve their problems. Home purchase locations: When these voted 13 of the past 24 years, skipping presi- families were looking to purchase a home, Howard Kopel Lisa Daniels dential, gubernatorial, and local elec- Republican, Incumbent Democrat, Challenger and contemplated sending their children to tions. Kopel voted to re-elect himself in 2011, private schools, they should have purchased Age: 62 Age: 47 but his son didn’t vote at all. Kopel requested a home closer to the school of their choice. Lives in: Lawrence Lives in: East an absentee ballot on Oct. 4, 2013 … another Carpooling: Some school districts have Howard Kopel, Rockaway Florida vacation? eliminated buses due to the financial strain running for his Lisa Daniels A part-time resident with part-time inter- third two-year term, said she thinks they are under. Perhaps the parents should est in civic responsibility who thought noth- carpool to get their children to school. admits that the that to provide ing of destroying the unified voice of the county’s assess- Private schools in the area: To support the accurate valua- Five Towns cannot lead by example. The ment system “has tions and reduce private schools in our local districts, perhaps been a mess for grievance chal- GOP and Kopel’s buddies are more interest- the parents should enroll their children in many years.” Push- lenges, tax ed in Kopel’s job than he is. private schools in the community. LISA DANIELS ing legislation assessments Ask questions: Please share with your modeled on a New should be based Democratic candidate, 7th L.D. friends, who are planning to move into the York City statute, Kopel said requiring on a property’s community, the problems you are encounter- commercial property owners to provide fair market value. Traditionally paid for ing. more accurate and complete expenses with borrowed money, Daniels said, “We should help establish more accurate need to accurately budget for refunds to Six of the seven school board trustees are assessments. The bill also includes lower our debt.” Not empathizing Orthodox. The community voted for them, stricter penalties for noncompliance. Daniels is following the money and and now you have to suffer with them. For Saying that the shape of the Bay Park said a five-year, $700 million plan for years, the public schools have suffered due to Sewage Treatment Plant was “the most upgrades at the Bay Park sewage treat- with private-school the decisions made by the board members. important reason I got elected” in 2009, ment plant was passed by the Demo- The private schools have been catered to by Kopel said that he, County Executive Ed cratic majority in 2007, with $270 mil- parents the Lawrence board at the cost of the public Mangano and Councilman Anthony San- lion spent in 2008-09. Then the Republi- school system. Only now are they beginning tino were making progress prior to Hurri- can administration halted repairs in To the Editor: to experience the hardships the public cane Sandy. He admits the plant, which 2010. She blames that neglect for a sev- schools have had to endure, such as books needs an out-fall pipe to move treated en-month sewage leak that same year During the past few weeks there have waste out to the ocean, suffered set- and the 65 million gallons leaked after been articles in the Herald about private- not being available and teachers and other backs due to the storm. He points to the Sandy. Repairs and upgrades must be school students who have long bus rides to staff being cut. plant winning an engineering award expedited with quarterly hearings to their school, which their parents chose, on Stop complaining. Perhaps the extra time recently as a sign of improvement. monitor progress, Daniels said. the North Shore, Queens and Brooklyn. on the bus will give your children time to Some rides have taken more than 90 minutes read and study, and prepare themselves for each way. higher education. BARRY RINGELHEIM This district serves Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett Bay Park, As a district resident who sent children to Atlantic Beach Hewett Harbor, East Rockaway, Rockville Centre and Oceanside. the Lawrence schools, I have four sugges-