Former Hempstead Councilwoman King Sweeney is back -- virtually

                                                                   

Erin King Sweeney from Nyulangone.org


A major Long Island law firm announced this week that former GOP Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney had joined its corporate securities department, but the former Wantagh resident said she is not back living on Long Island.

And King Sweeney, the daughter of former U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), said she is not running for county executive against Democrat incumbent Laura Curran.

It seemed like a perfect solution for the Nassau GOP, which has had trouble finding any Republican willing to challenge popular Curran. It has been 11 days since the petition gathering period started and there still has been no announcement of a Nassau Republican candidate.

King Sweeney is an Irish Catholic woman with political experience who would likely get fundraising help from her still-popular father. 

But King Sweeney said her work for the law is virtual and she likely won't be back physically on Long Island until May, and then again in September when she plans to run in the Long Island Marathon with longtime friend, Laura Curran.

Yes, King Sweeney has been friends with Curran since before Curran was elected county executive in Nov. 2017. King Sweeney also was a member of Curran's transition team.

King Sweeney shocked the political world in September, 2019 by dropping out of her race for re-election to the Hempstead Town Board, selling her house and moving to North Carolina with her family to be closer to her husband's job in Charlotte.

She said today she "couldn't be happier" in her new southern home. She said she was elected last night as vice chair of the Union County Republican Party in North Carolina. 

"It's been great, " she aid. "I'm driving my black Ford pickup truck right now." 

Ruskin Moscou Faltichek P.C. issued a news release Monday that King Sweeney had become  "of counsel" to the firm.  Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), who was convicted of federal corruption charges, and former Republican Hempstead Town Board member Ed Ambrosino, who is expected to be released tomorrow from federal prison after serving six months for tax evasion, had both worked at the firm in the past. 

See below press release: 



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