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                                                                                             Joe Scianablo                                                                                                   Is there a local political candidate anywhere who doesn't promise to cut down on government-owned cars being taken home by government employees and used as their own private vehicles? Usually fueled up at government gas pumps? Both Nassau  Republicans and Democrats running for government offices have announced...

                                                                                  Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James and most of the news media are accusing Republican President Donald Trump of political retribution in yesterday's federal indictment of James on bank fraud charges. Prosecutors contend James purchased a second home in Norfolk, Va. in August 2020 and then leased it to tenants after telling the mortgage bank that she would use it as a second residence, which carries better terms than a rental property. The move allegedly saved her $19,000, the New York Post reports. James denies the charges and accused Trump of instigating the indictment. "These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retrib...

  Barring any personal feuds, the Nassau Police Benevolent Association traditionally endorses local political candidates that internal union polls indicate are most likely to win. They are not always right.  However, if the union is accurate this year,  it means Republicans will keep the majority on the 19-member legislature but again will fall short of the 13 members needed for a super majority. Political insiders consider that only a few seats are in play this November: There is District 14, now held by Republican Bill Gaylor of Lynbrook and District 16, filled by Democratic Arnold Drucker, elected after longtime Democratic legislator and former presiding officer Judy Jacobs died in 2016.  Gaylor is not seeking re-election in the traditional Republican district that was redrawn to be more competitive for both parties this year. Democrat Cynthia Nunez, a member of the Valley Stream  school board, is running against Republican Sheharyar Ali, an attorney from Elm...