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Friday, November 3, 2023
Vol. 9, No. 44
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SANTOS PLEADS NOT GUIDEGUIDE TO 2023 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS ADDRESSES ANTISEMITISM GUILTY TO 10 NEW CHARGES l Section • November
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Control of Legislature, town at stake
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THE SCHREIBER TIMES WINS 1ST
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide hotly contested races BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
budget on Thursday, Nov. 2, following the typical schedule in town where the The North Hempstead Supervisor budget is approved before Election Day. Jon Kaiman, of Great Neck, currentrace between Republican incumbent Jennifer DeSena and Democrat chal- ly serves as the Suffolk County Deputy lenger Jon Kaiman headlines this year’s Executive, a position he has held since elections in the North Shore, where 2017 under Democrat Executive Steve residents will be voting on both town Bellone, who is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Kaiman was preand Nassau County seats. viously North HempNorth Hempstead supervisor stead More election from 2004 to 2013, North Hempwhen he resigned to stead Supervisor coverage serve as an adviser DeSena, a regPAGES 6, 10 to former Gov. Anistered Democrat drew Cuomo on the from Manhasset, Superstorm Sandy was elected to her first public office in 2021 as the first recovery effort. The race has become intense both Republican candidate to win the seat in over 30 years, succeeding Democrat online and in person during candidate forums, where the two candidates Judi Bosworth. Prior to public service, DeSena was clashed sharply over a number of isthe executive director of the Manhasset sues. Mailers targeting Kaiman attack Coalition Against Substance Abuse and his previous record as supervisor and previously was an enforcement attor- work as the head of the Nassau Interim ney with the Securities and Exchange Finance Authority, while advertisements targeting DeSena are critical of Commission. This fall she submitted the second her endorsement of U.S. Rep. George tentative budget of her administration Santos. Republicans currently hold the mawhich includes a 10% tax cut. The seven-member North Hempstead Town jority on the Towns of Hempstead’s and Board, where Democrats hold a 4-3 ma- Oyster Bay’s boards and flipping North jority, is scheduled to vote on the final Continued on Page 63
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
The high school’s student newspaper was awarded the International First Place by Quill and Scroll, the only one in the state.
Manorhaven meeting erupts in trustee dispute BY C A M E RY N O A K ES A dispute erupted during the Manorhaven Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday between Trustee Jeff Stone, other board members and members of the public after Stone expressed concern about a recently appointed Board of Zoning Appeals chair and a contested property proposed in the village. Inflammatory remarks were made and names were called during the contentious meeting between
board members and members of the public. Multiple times during the meeting both the mayor and the village attorney had to bang on their tables and demand that the room be quiet due to an overwhelming number of individuals talking over one another and speaking at high volumes. The beginning of the dispute started when Stone apologized for a statement he made at the board’s last work session meeting on Oct. 4 about the village’s complaint inves-
tigator. He said he had disagreed with another trustee during the work session about his election campaign mailing, mentioning that the complaint investigator, Lori Vlahos, had issued violations to his opponent, former Trustee Vincent Costa. He apologized for using Vlahos’ name and corrected himself that only one violation had been issued. Stone clarified that he had not communicated with Vlahos prior to Continued on Page 64