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Friday, February 26, 2016

Vol. 4, No. 9

ART GUILD PICKS ROSLYN SCHOOLS PHOTO WINNERS MADE THE GRADE PAGE 27

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COUNTIES JOIN FORCES IN HEROIN FIGHT PAGE 6

Town to check party leader finance filings

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To begin enforcing own law after Gerard Terry steps down from post B y N oah M anskar The Town of North Hempstead will collect financial disclosure statements from town political party leaders for the first time this year. The town has never before collected the forms from town party leaders — including Gerard Terry, the Roslyn Heights resident who stepped down as the town Democratic chairman this month — Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin said, despite a provision in the town code requiring the “town chairman or leader of a town committee of a party” to file them. “It’s our law, we must comply, and we will comply,” Botwin said in an interview. The decision to collect the forms came at the direction of Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Botwin said. Bosworth ordered a review of town policies and procedures last month after a Newsday report revealed that Terry, who until recent-

ly was the attorney for the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals and special counsel for the town attorney, owes more than $1.4 million in federal and state back taxes, has been party to five lawsuits and let his attorney registration lapse for three years. The town never collected financial disclosure statements from Terry, the head of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee from 2007 until he resigned Feb. 1 except for a brief period, or any other party leader, Botwin said. “Last month the supervisor directed me to have all the party leaders in the town file financial disclosure forms, so we’re starting to implement that in this year for the 2015 calendar year filing,” she said. Pursuant to state law, North Hempstead adopted a code of ethics in December 1990, the online version of the town code says. Section 16A-7 outlines who is required to submit the town’s Continued on Page 49

Children at 2015’s Purim Character Breakfast at Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center. See story on Page 41.

Goldenberg denies salary claims in East Hills race by A dedamola A gboola East Hills village trustee candidate Jana Goldenberg on Friday denied a claim by Deputy Mayor Manny Zuckerman that she had sought $100,000

a year in compensation to represent the village in talks with National Grid to bring gas service to all village residents. Goldenberg said she requested $125 an hour in compensation, which she termed a “ridiculous” offer, when asked

by East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz what she would like to be paid to work for the village as a consultant on the project during a meeting in his office. “That’s false,” said Koblenz. “We offered her the posiContinued on Page 50

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