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 Democrat rally in Valley Stream, Chuck Schumer at lectern, Hochul on the left; James on the right; Kaminsky behind Schumer  Nassau Democrats' Valley Stream headquarters was packed today for a noon unity rally featuring Kathy Hochul, the state's lieutenant governor who became governor when Andrew Cuomo resigned in August, and Letitia James, the state's Attorney General who took Cuomo out through two investigations. Oh, and of course, New York's ubiquitous senator, Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, was there too. As you can see, the headquarters was packed. Hundreds of more supporters were outside, unable to get into the small room, a source said. Both Hochul and James have announced their plans to run for governor next year. But this was a unity rally and they were cordial. No fireworks there. James also made a strong pitch for Todd Kaminsky, a Democratic state senator and former prosecutor from Long Beach who is running for Nassau District Attorney. Alrea

Don't know who took this video, which was being sent around the internet Satuday night. Or when it was taken. Though I am told it happened in Uniondate. But it looks like it is a Nassau County Department of Public Works truck, with two people inside the cab, that pulls up next to campaign signs hanging on a fence. One of the two men inside the truck cab gets out and pulls down a campaign sign for Dorothy Goosby, a Hempstead Town Councilwoman running for re-election on Tuesday. Passenger in truck reaches up to pull down Goosby sign The other man loads it into the back of the DPW truck. Driver loads Goosby sign into the back of the truck                                Then the first man walks ahead and the other man gets back into the truck and drives off ---leaving up campaign signs for County Executive Laura Curran, who is also running for re-election on Tuesday. They also leave up a sign for Todd Kaminsky, a state senator who is running for Nassau district attorney on Tuesday.   

                                                                                 New York Attorney General Letitia James New York State Attorney General Letitia James should give a master class in public relations. James today tweeted that she really is running for governor, thus accumulating three straight days of media attention about an essential non-story-- her run for governor next year. She later appeared in a Youtube video. Everyone had expected the progressive city Democrat to make the run after she released two investigations this year slamming then governor Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat who had helped her attorney general campaign,  for allegedly undercounting coronavirus nursing home deaths and sexually harassing women. James teased her plans to run on Wednesday; kept her intentions in the news Thursday when the Albany County sheriff's office  "accidentally" released a criminal complaint against Cuomo, and today tweeted her announcement that she is running.

                                                                                         From Nassau County Democrats mobilize the vote You have to hand it to New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York City Democrat knows how to get publicity. James has gotten more news stories in the past 24 hours saying that she is expected to announce a run for the governor's office next year than former Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul got when she actually announced she was running for governor --  after she inherited the top job when Andrew Cuomo resigned in August. As of 6 p.m.,  James had yet to actually announce. How many days will she keep everyone guessing -- though, of course, everyone in the political world expected her to run for governor when she effectively took out Cuomo by releasing two negative reports about him; the first about coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and the second accusing him of violating state and federal law by sexually harassing 11 women. Cuomo denied the allga

                                                                                   From YonkersTimes.com Bail reform is making news again. Until former Gov. Andrew Cuomo shutdown the economy in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, New York's new bail reform laws had outraged Long Islanders. The then-new progressive Democratic majority in Albany in 2019 had crafted a group of criminal justice reforms, lumped together as "bail reform" that Cuomo included in his budget. The changes took effect Jan. 1, 2020. The reforms effectively eliminated cash bail on all but the most violent crimes and also included a drastic reworking of pre-trial evidence rules in favor of the accused. The idea was that poor people should not languish in jail because they could not come up with a few thousand dollars in bail. Because of the law, judges were forced to release suspects only to see them go out and commit another crime...in one case, 20 minutes after leaving court. Even repeat

Who sways more voters in the race between Republican Anne Donnelly and Democrat Todd Kaminsky for Nassau District Attorney? The election is a week away and both sides have put out new commercials urging support for their candidate. Kaminsky, a state senator and former prosecutor, has recruited Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat who is also running this year, to speak for him, in a 15-second video. Donnelly, an assistant Nassau district attorney for 32 years, has enlisted John Wighaus, president of the Nassau Police Detectives Association, to appear on her behalf in a 30-second video. Both Curran and Wighaus say their respective candidate will keep Nassau safe. In Kaminsky's spot, Curran says,"Crime is down in Nassau County. We've been named the safest community in America twice. The Daily News calls Todd Kaminsky tough on crime and corruption. This election vote for the Democratic team that will keep you safe and deliver justice." Here is a link to the

                                                                                From CBS News New York Thousands of New York City emergency workers, including some police, marched across the Brooklyn Bridge today protesting vaccine mandates. Some carried signs proclaiming, "My body. My choice." Hmmm. Where have we seen that before? Oh yes, at the abortion rights rally in Albany earlier this month, where Gov. Kathy Hochul was a lead speaker. Hochul spoke at a lectern that had a sign declaring "Bans off My Body" while members of the crowd held up signs saying, "My Body. My choice."    Hochul has been the state's foremost advocate for no-excuse vaccine mandates; directing late last month that all health care workers get the jab or lose their job. She also issued an executive order to bring in the national guard or health care workers from other states, even other countries, to work in New York if staff shortages result from her mandate. She suggested to

                                                                                     Sometimes you just have to laugh. Campaigns love to link election opponents to politicians who are tanking in the polls or disliked by local voters -- even if they have no direct relationship or any apparent relationship at all. So here we have Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat running for re-election Nov. 2 against Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman, tied to Democratic president Joe Biden, paid for by the New York State Republican committee. Biden's approval ratings have been dropping like a stone since he took office; Gallop reported today that only 42 percent of the natonal public approve of his job performance while 52 percent disapprove. That means that Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected president during the third quarter of their first year in office except for Trump. But the Siena College Research Institute poll reported this week that Trump and Biden had e

                                                                                    Mel Brooks in 2010 (from Wikipedia)                                                                                    It was only a matter of time before Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic state senator from Long Beach, brought in the big guns in his campaign for Nassau district attorney. No, not an AK-47. But actor, producer and comedian Mel Brooks, who is Kaminsky's great uncle. He was born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926. Brooks has weighed in with a droll message of support in all of Kaminsky's past campaigns, definitely contributing to his great-nephew's past victories. Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor,  is running against Republican Anne Donnelly, a 32-year prosecutor in the county district attorney's office, in the Nov. 2 election. Here's what was texted --or robo-called -- to many people -- not just Democrats -- this evening.   Want to hear from Mel Brooks Yep, you read that corre

From Siena College Research Institute Poll released Oct. 19,2021                                                                           With less than two weeks to go until county elections, most political observers are trying to read the minds of local voters to determine who will win and who will lose. The two political parties have their own polls; even candidates may have splurged for their own polls. But they generally keep the results under wraps because if they reveal actual numbers, they have to release the entire poll. No matter what the polls say, political leaders always take one of two positions; To the public, they say their candidate is ahead. To party foot soldiers,  political leaders say its a close race and their candidate could lose unless supporters keep knocking on doors, making calls, giving donations and greeting commuters at train stations in the early hours of the morning. So what can be gleaned from national news? Democratic President Joe Biden's approv

                                                                                       Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) After Democratic Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams railed against Republican  changes to County Executive Laura Curran's  2022 budget as "fiscally irresponsible and reckless" on Monday, all eight legislative Democrats abstained from voting on the amended budget. Huh? If Democratic legislators were so outraged by Republican-approved fee cuts and property tax trims,  why didn't they vote no on the budget, instead of abdicating their elected responsibility to oversee county spending by refusing to vote.  That's what an abstention is. It's a non-vote; It's taking no position. According to Roberts Rules of Order, abstentions are instances in which members who are present refuse to vote. Democrats abstained even though Abrahams had just proclaimed, "There comes a point where you have to roll up your sleeves and do what's fisca

                                                                                     Former Nassau chief deputy county executive Rob Walker One stumbling block to Nassau GOP election prospects was removed today. A federal court judge delayed the scheduled sentencing of Robbie Walker, chief deputy under former Republican County Executive Ed Mangano, on a federal corruption charge from today to Nov. 18 at the request of his attorney. Republicans had feared Walker's sentencing on one count of obstruction of justice so close to the election would remind voters of Republican corruption just as they headed to the polls to choose a new district attorney and decide whether to give Democrat County Executive Laura Curran a second term or elect Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in her place. Walker was among several Nassau Republicans to be convicted by federal prosecutors over the past four years. Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos from Rockville Centre served time after be