Curran and Kaminsky emerge from hiding two weeks after election

                                                                                   

Red line points out Laura Curran on the left and Todd Kaminsky on the right

                                                                                 

Spotted in Elmont this morning:

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach. Both attended a ribbon cutting at the opening of the Long Island Railroads' Elmont station for the new UBS arena.

Until today, neither Democrat had been seen nor heard from publicly since Election night when they apparently lost their respective elections Nov. 2: Curran for re-election to another four year term and Kaminsky for the open seat of Nassau District Attorney.

Absentee votes are still being counted. Curran is a long shot. Kaminsky definitely lost, but remains a state senator.

Curran didn't even appear in regard to the tornado that smacked Nassau on Saturday although her counterpart in Suffolk, County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, declared a state of emergency after three tornadoes hit his county.  Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, a Republican, on Monday called for state aide for the three communities battered by a tornado within his town.

Some Democrats blame Kaminsky for Curran's loss because Kaminsky ran a terrible campaign.

But Republicans went down throughout Nassau and Suffolk so its unlikely that Kaminsky is to blame.

In fact, state Democrats were meeting via zoom today to discuss the proposed ousting of Nassau and State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs because of the dismal downstate results for the party.

Jacobs survived a vote of no confidence brought by progressive committee members with 25 in favor and 144 opposed at the meeting, according to Bill Mahoney of PoliticoNY. 

Neither Curran nor Kaminsky were on that zoom call, it appears.

A tweet from the NY Islanders show Curran and Kaminsky at the opening this morning.

But they certainly didn't rub shoulders. They are both just about as far away from each other as possible.

See the full tweet below. 

                                                                                   



 

 

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