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Conservative line decides 4 races for judge
WINTER WONDERLAND
Small party played big role in choice of who now sits on bench in Nassau By J oe N i k i c As the winners of November’s Nassau County judicial elections are sworn into office, some can give thanks to Conservative Party voters, whose support helped decide four of the Surrogate and County Court races. Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said if judicial races were simply Democrat versus Republican, then Democrats had a stronger chance of winning. “I would say it’s just the way the party structure is set up right now. Right now, the way it’s structured, if you look at Republican versus Democrat in Nassau County, Democrats come out on top,” Jacobs said. “The Conservatives tend to push it over the top for Republicans.” In the Surrogate Court race, Republican Margaret C. Reilly defeated Democratic candidate Angela G. Iannacci with about 52 percent of the votes.
Iannacci received more votes on the Democrat line, 83,420, than Reilly received on the Republican line, 78,213. But Reilly, who also ran on the Independence and Reform party lines, received 15,563 votes on the Conservative line — enough to offset Iannacci’s lead and win the race. Iannacci also ran on the Working Families, Green and Women’s Equality party lines, but did not receive enough support on those lines to combat the Conservative Party’s strong turnout. The race for three seats on the County Court bench showed similar outcomes. The three Democratic candidates — Tammy S. Robbins, Steven M. Jaeger and N. Scott Banks — got more votes on the Democrat line, receiving 82,960, 83,009 and 78,956 votes, respectively. But they lost the race to Robert G. Bogle, Felice J. Muraca and Howard E. Sturim, who received Continued on Page 60
PHOTO BY LISA SANTOS
Manor Oaks School students participated in the annual “Winter Wonderland” event in their physical education classes. Activities included ice skating, sledding, ice fishing, penguin bowling, reindeer games and more. The students look forward to this event every winter.
POP cops good, but not enough: 6th Pct. advocates By N o a h MaNskar North Shore officials and civic leaders said they welcome the partial return of a community police program, but some say there are still gaps in police
service only an additional fully staffed precinct can fill. Starting in November, 16 problem-oriented police, or POP, officers tasked with responding directly to residents’ concerns have returned to Nassau County’s five police pre-
cincts, a Nassau County police spokesman said. The police department has assigned four POP officers to the Third Precinct, with two each in the North and South Subdivisions. Continued on Page 55
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