All five incumbents in the Town of North Hempstead won re-election on Nov. 3 — four Democrats and Republican Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio — but Nassau Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said the results of this year’s races do not reflect a district’s political affiliations.
“These are well-known candidates. They’ve run before. De Giorgio is a well known candidate. And so is [Town Councilwoman] Anna Kaplan,” he said. “That’s different when you have an open seat. When you have an open seat, you can see where things go.
Jacobs added that looking at the judicial races would better identify each electoral district’s political affiliations.
“Take a look at where people voted in the judicial races and that’s where you see it better because voters don’t know who the judges are.”
Town Supervisor
Judi Bosworth led the town Democrats, receiving nearly 68 percent of votes to win re-election as the Town of North Hempstead’s supervisor against Republican candidate Anthony Bulzomi, who received 32 percent of the votes — 20,122 to 9,587.
Bosworth, who spent six years as county legislator for the 10th district before winning election for her first term as North Hempstead Town Supervisor in 2013, dominated the race, winning all but three of the electoral districts in the town.
Her largest victories came in New Cassel, East Hills, and the Village of Great Neck, where she received 91 percent, 79 percent, and 85 percent of the vote, respectively.
Bulzomi, a Westbury resident and Carle Place Board of Education trustee, said during his campaign that there needed to be better communication between North Shore’s government entities to identify ways of consolidating services and cut spending.
His only victories came in East Williston and Floral Park, where he received 53 percent of the votes in each electoral district, as well as Plandome, where he received 58 percent of the votes.
Scott Eckl, Jacobs’ chief of staff, said although Bulzomi’s margins of victory were slim, East Williston and Floral Park are more Republican areas.
Bosworth, of Great Neck, said since she took office, said it has been a priority to cut the town’s debt without cutting services available to residents and “open a more transparent government.”
The Town Supervisor position offers a $133,000 per year salary for a two-year term.
Democrat Charles Berman was re-elected as the town’s Receiver of Taxes, receiving 65 percent of the votes to Republican candidate Scott Diamond’s 35 percent — 18,947 to 10,157.
Berman, who first served as the North Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes in 2003 before leaving in 2004 to serve as assistant to the chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors, saw his biggest victories in New Cassel, East Hills and Port Washington, where he received 91 percent, 80 percent, and 71 percent of the votes, respectively.
Diamond, an auxiliary police officer where he resides in Mineola, only won four of the 45 electoral districts, including East Williston, Floral Park, Munsey Park, and Plandome, where he received his largest victory with 65 percent of the votes.
The two split Manhasset and Williston Park, each receiving 50 percent of the votes.
The Receiver of Taxes earns $115,000 per year over a four-year term.
Town Council, District 6
De Giorgio, the lone incumbent Republican town councilman running for re-elected for the Sixth District, won by 232 votes, out of 6,525 cast, defeating Democratic political newcomer Emily Beys 3,378 to 3,146.
In the closest town council race, De Giorgio saw her largest victories come in Munsey Park, Plandome, and Plandome Heights, where she received 64 percent, 70 percent, and 68 percent of the votes, respectively.
Jacobs said Port Washington “leaned” more Democratic but was open for both parties.
The two candidates clashed over Beys’ assertion that businesses operated by De Giorgio and her husband in Port Washington created a possible conflict of interest.
De Giorgio, who operates a law practice in Port Washington and whose husband runs a local contracting business, said her business ties did not represent a conflict of interest and that they made her a stronger candidate by giving her insight into the issues faced by local businesses. She also touted her efforts as a fiscal watchdog over town finances.
De Giorgio also narrowly won the Flower Hill, Manorhaven, and Port Washington sections of the district, receiving 51 percent of the vote to Beys’ 49 percent.
Beys’ largest victories came in Plandome Manor and Port Washington North where she received 55 percent of the votes in each section to De Giorgio’s 45 percent.
She also won Sands Point with 54 percent of the vote and Baxter Estates with 52 percent of the vote.
Town Council, District 2
Democratic Councilman Peter Zuckerman won the town’s Second District seat for the second time in two years, beating Republican Henry Golis 66 percent to 34 percent — 3,164 to 1,659.
Zuckerman’s largest margin of victory came in East Hills where he received 817 of the 982 votes cast, good for 83 percent of the votes.
He also won the second district’s sections of Albertson, Garden City Park, Greenvale, Herricks, Manhasset Hills, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Heights, and Searingtown.
Zuckerman was appointed to the Town Board in January 2014 after former Councilman Thomas Dwyer resigned to take a consulting job.
He beat East Williston Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente last November to keep his seat representing the district
Golis’ lone victory came in East Williston, where he received 292 of the 476 votes cast, good for 61% of the votes.
This year’s race was Golis’ first run for office. He worked in the town’s public works department for 35 years and now runs a record label out of his home in Albertson.
Town Council, District 4
Democrat Anna Kaplan defeated Republican Mary Kay Barket, receiving 66 percent of the vote to win re-election to the town council’s 4th district seat with Barket receiving 34 percent of the vote — 3,101 to 1,608.
Kaplan won every section of the Fourth District, with the exception of Manhasset, never receiving less than 66 percent in the sections she won.
In Great Neck, she received 900 of the 1,139 votes cast — 79 percent of the votes.
Barket’s lone victory was in Manhasset, where she received 798 of the 1,241 votes cast.
Barket, a mother of four who runs a part-time actuary consulting business out of her home, said Kaplan ignored Manhasset and the maintenance of Manhasset’s Plandome Road, resulting in a dangerous two-lane roadway, a dearth of available parking and empty storefronts.
The other sections of the district include Great Neck Gardens, Kensington, Kings Point, North Hills, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, and Thomaston.
Town board members receive a yearly salary of $49,000 for a four-year term.
Efforts to reach Nassau Republican Party Chairman Joe Mondello were unavailing.
