Ms. Murray, a lawyer with scant experience in criminal law, has been
Hempstead town supervisor since 2003.
Nassau County Democrats on Tuesday night nominated Madeline Singas to run for Nassau district attorney and backed gun - control activist Rita Kestenbaum for
Hempstead Town supervisor.
Singas» campaign has criticized Murray,
the Hempstead Town supervisor since 2003, for her lack of experience in criminal law.
A Democratic candidate also won
the Hempstead town supervisor's post, a result that has been seen in a century.
Brodsky said he was an adviser on information technology to Suozzi when Suozzi was Nassau County executive in the 2000s and that he also was an adviser to Kaiman when Kaiman was the North
Hempstead Town supervisor for a decade and later chairman of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority.
Kaiman, who is resigning as North
Hempstead town supervisor to work for Cuomo, is widely seen in Nassau political circles as hyperambitious and willing to be what one local official called «Cuomo's messenger boy» in exchange for two high - profile political jobs.
Murray,
the Hempstead Town supervisor, still leads Singas, the acting Nassau district attorney, 46 percent to 45 percent.
Murray,
the Hempstead Town supervisor, led a caravan of supporters to GOP rallies in Elmont, West Hempstead, Garden City and Franklin Square.
But in his second term, which began in 2014, Mangano worked with former NIFA chairman Jon Kaiman, a former North
Hempstead Town supervisor, and the five major public employee unions to end the pay freeze.
Mondello's successor will inherit a party that lost control of key positions in last November's elections, when Democrats won races for Nassau County executive and
Hempstead Town supervisor.
With 99.6 percent of precincts reporting, Singas, the acting district attorney, led Murray, the longtime
Hempstead Town supervisor, by 16 percentage points — or more than 30,000 votes, according to results from Nassau County Board of Elections.
Not exact matches
A Long Island diner features placemats advertising for
Hempstead Councilman Anthony J. Santino, the Republican running for
town supervisor, and carries upbeat highlights about the
town.
Jonathan Clarke, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for Oyster Bay
supervisor last fall, expressed concern about Harris Beach's connections to the new Democratic administrations in the county and
Hempstead Town.
As of last week you could enter the East Bay Diner in Wantagh, get seated, look down, and find before you a paper place - mat bearing a photo of
Hempstead Councilman Anthony J. Santino, the Republican running for
town supervisor.
A Democrat captured the
town of
Hempstead's
supervisor office, a rare upset loss for the GOP.
Surprise win for Democrats in
Hempstead supervisor race In a stunning upset set to shift the balance of power in the
Town of Hempstead, Laura Gillen will become the town's first Democratic supervisor in more than a cent
Town of
Hempstead, Laura Gillen will become the
town's first Democratic supervisor in more than a cent
town's first Democratic
supervisor in more than a century.
Also taking office in Nassau were Democratic County Comptroller Jack Schnirman and Laura Gillen, the first Democrat elected as
supervisor in the
Town of
Hempstead in more than a century.
«I'm respectful of his tenure as
supervisor, but because I am taking over the helm of the
Town of
Hempstead, I think it's appropriate that any changes going forward should have my involvement, and not his,» she said.
Unfortunately, in his first two years as
Town of
Hempstead supervisor, a job he coveted for decades, Santino slammed the door shut behind him.
William Muller has stepped down as clerk of the Nassau County Legislature to become
Town of
Hempstead counsel under its new
supervisor, Anthony Santino.
The Nassau Republican party has a new spokesman to replace Anthony Santino, who leaves Jan. 1 to become
Hempstead Town's new
supervisor.
Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen's reelection campaign has raised $ 107,028 in the two months since her election as the town's first Democratic supervisor in more than a century, new campaign finance reports s
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen's reelection campaign has raised $ 107,028 in the two months since her election as the
town's first Democratic supervisor in more than a century, new campaign finance reports s
town's first Democratic
supervisor in more than a century, new campaign finance reports show.
He was first elected to the
Hempstead Town Board in 1993 and was a councilman until he became
supervisor in 2015.
Gillen,
Hempstead's first Democratic
supervisor in a century, has to tackle the
town's culture of nepotism and try to undo actions engineered by predecessor Anthony Santino to protect party faithful and lard the payroll.
Murray, the GOP nominee for DA, received more than $ 37,000; the
Town of Hempstead Republican Committee got more than $ 27,000 and Town Councilman Anthony Santino, the GOP nominee to replace Murray as town supervisor, received more $ 7,400, according to the d
Town of
Hempstead Republican Committee got more than $ 27,000 and
Town Councilman Anthony Santino, the GOP nominee to replace Murray as town supervisor, received more $ 7,400, according to the d
Town Councilman Anthony Santino, the GOP nominee to replace Murray as
town supervisor, received more $ 7,400, according to the d
town supervisor, received more $ 7,400, according to the data.
After serving as presiding
supervisor of Long Island's
Town of
Hempstead for 13 years, Murray was tapped for district... read more
Message sent to Nassau GOP leaders argues that the
Hempstead supervisor lost the
town race «by himself.»
In
Hempstead, the new
town supervisor, Laura Gillen, wants to implement a range of reforms, her spokesman said.
Democratic
supervisor candidate Laura Gillen, who has campaigned on ethics reform as well as limiting mass mailers, and proposes an opt - in program for residents who want to receive them, said, «This is just more evidence that the
Town of
Hempstead has become utterly dysfunctional under Tony Santino's poor leadership.»
Holding the Nassau and
Hempstead IDAs accountable for their decisions was an issue in last year's elections for county executive and
town supervisor.
A spokeswoman for Judi Bosworth, the Democratic
supervisor of North
Hempstead Town, did not respond to a request for comment.
After serving as presiding
supervisor of Long Island's
Town of
Hempstead for 13 years, Murray was tapped for district attorney based on a singular credential: She is a power in a powerful Republican political machine.
Kate Murray is a smart, likable and very popular politician who has served as
Town of
Hempstead supervisor for over 12 years.
Many Republicans are already jittery after the party on Tuesday lost county executive races in Nassau and Westchester counties and, for the first time in a century, the
Hempstead, L.I.,
town supervisor position.
Kate Murray, a Republican and current
Town of Hempstead Supervisor, reported campaign contributions of nearly $ 353,000, plus a $ 290,000 transfer from her town supervisor campaign f
Town of
Hempstead Supervisor, reported campaign contributions of nearly $ 353,000, plus a $ 290,000 transfer from her
town supervisor campaign f
town supervisor campaign fund.
Presently serving as
Hempstead Town presiding
supervisor, a post in which she oversees beaches and pools, Murray is a key player in a Republican Party machine whose fixes and favor - dispensing are coming increasingly into view.