Politics & Government
Year in Politics Brought Change and Familiar Faces
Year in Review: Patch looks back at the top political news.
Although the incumbents from both parties stayed in office, 2013 was a year of changes and anticipation.
There were those who retained power and those who looked to expand power.
We also saw an regular face in Massapequa Park become a new face in Town Hall.
Here's a look at the top government stories in 2013:
- Peter King mulls a run for the presidency. Will he or won't he? The Seaford Republican who, in the past, has represented Plainview, made several trips to New Hampshire in 2013.
- King was also very critical of his own party at one point saying, "this party is going nuts.
- Here in Nassau County, voters decided to stay the course by electing County Executive Ed Mangano to a second term.
- Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto won a ninth term.
- One new face in town government was Town Clerk James Altadonna who stepped down as Massapequa Park mayor after being elected to a seventh term.
- Councilwoman Michele Johnson was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Oyster Bay Town Board in June. She then successfully ran for a new term on the board in November.
- Voters in the Town of Oyster Bay overwhelmingly approved a proposed land sale in a vote that was seen as a blow to advocates of a mega mall in Syosset.
- New York Assemblyman Charles Lavine, D-Glen Cove, worked hard to develop a memorial to the so called "Comfort Women" of World War II and is active on the development of an armor museum at the Old Bethpage Restoration Village.
- Nassau Legislator Judy Jacobs, D-Woodbury, continued to be an outspoken voice of the Democratic minority. She was also seen everywhere, from homecoming games to community groups visiting with constituents.
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