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Gerard Terry leaves after reports that he owes $1.4M to IRS, state By N O a h M a N s k a r Gerard Terry, a longtime Democratic political operative in North Hempstead, said Monday he will resign as chairman of the town’s Democratic Party. His decision comes in the wake of a Jan. 31 Newsday report showing Terry owes $1.4 million in combined state and federal back taxes, has been involved in five lawsuits with unsatisfied judgments totaling $190,000, and had his attorney registration lapse for a period of three years. “The personal issues before me have already begun to distract the work of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee in electing outstanding Democratic candidates to office,” Terry said in a statement Monday evening. “As one who has worked to ensure that Democrats are able to do the people’s business I cannot allow that to occur.” He added he would continue to volunteer with the party “in
whatever capacity is appropriate.” Terry issued the statement an hour after North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth called for his resignation from the party, and two days after Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas told Newsday her office would investigate his five government jobs. Bosworth spoke with Terry diPHOTO COURTESY OF THE MINEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT rectly in asking him to resign his post, town spokeswoman Carole Mineola High School senior Aline Muller’s senior project brought her to Paraguay, where Trottere said. she worked with children who live in extreme poverty for one week. With money raised Terry also resigned as assisfrom a “penny war,” she hosted at the high school, Muller donated food, clothes and games tant counsel to the Democraticto more than 45 children in Paraguay. She also taught them English and worked on school controlled Nassau County Board of activities with them. Muller’s purpose was to raise awareness about poverty. Elections this week. In an interview, Nassau County Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs called Terry “a great political mind” whose tax problems “created a steamroller that just ran right over him.” Jacobs said the party would likely select a new North Hempstead chair by the end of the month. Continued on Page 63 B y N O a h M a N s k a r about $45.8 million in those with tens of thousands of dolpayments, also known as PI- lars less than what the county The Long Island Power LOTs, late last week after LIPA said they would receive in PIAuthority’s first-half payments paid $3.7 million less than the LOTs. School officials said the in lieu of taxes to North Shore county billed it in the fall for school districts were a bit several properties removed shortfall is not a short-term fifrom regular property tax rolls. nancial problem. short. That leaves school districts Continued on Page 63 Nassau County disbursed
School districts jolted as LIPA payments fall short
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