Nassau County Exec Ed Mangano & Oyster Bay Sup John Venditto arrested

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My County exec, his wife and Town Supervisor were all just arrested on Federal Corruption charges.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY-Oyster-Bay-Supervisor-John-Venditto-Arrested-Corruption-Case-Mangano-397724081.html

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It will be interesting to see if this has any impact on the State Senate.  There are a couple seats thought to be in play and Michael Venditto (John's son) is a State Senator as well.

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It will be interesting to see if this has any impact on the State Senate.  There are a couple seats thought to be in play and Michael Venditto (John's son) is a State Senator as well.

If that's the case, could that hurt the younger Venditto's political future. I see Venditto as a future Senator/Governor. Young, fresh, moderate Republican.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/john-venditto-s-arrest-may-hurt-his-son-s-race-for-state-senate-1.12482497

Venditto and moderate do not belong in the same sentence, for both father and son.

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I think this will hurt Venditto's Senate re-election chances and will boost Kaminsky big time. Wouldn't be surprised to see freak Assembly seat upset either. Mangano is toast. Kate Murray 2017? Lol

If Mangano decides to resign or is in a jail cell prior to his term ending the Nassau Leg (which is Republican) would appoint a replacement until the end of the term (the seat is up next year).  Murray is one of the names floated around, the other is State Sen. Martins assuming his likely loss to Suozzi in the 2nd Congressional District.

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Venditto just resigned, Mangano remains in office

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Might be too early for this, but with Mangano likely gone soon, a Tom Suozzi comeback, maybe?

As KingSweeden pointed out, Suozzi is in congress.    Steve Israel just retired, Suozzi ran for his old seat and won. 

The Oyster Bay town Attorney resigned today as well, so this is likely far from over.

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John Venditto may have cost his son his Senate seat. Democrat John Brooks beat his opponent, Michael Venditto, the son of John. The Nassau County GOP needs to have some shaking up.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/john-venditto-s-arrest-may-hurt-his-son-s-race-for-state-senate-1.12482497

Think Kaminsky will try to get his seat back?

Kaminsky won...

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John Venditto may have cost his son his Senate seat. Democrat John Brooks beat his opponent, Michael Venditto, the son of John. The Nassau County GOP needs to have some shaking up.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/john-venditto-s-arrest-may-hurt-his-son-s-race-for-state-senate-1.12482497

There is no question it cost him the seat.  There were a bunch of State Senate seats thought to be competitive on Long Island, some of them were, others wound up not being that competitive, but this was on no one's radar until the indictments.  Michel Venditto's career got started as a result of who is father was and he lost because o who is father was.

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John Venditto may have cost his son his Senate seat. Democrat John Brooks beat his opponent, Michael Venditto, the son of John. The Nassau County GOP needs to have some shaking up.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/john-venditto-s-arrest-may-hurt-his-son-s-race-for-state-senate-1.12482497

Think Kaminsky will try to get his seat back?

Kaminsky won...

Didn't him winning the earlier special but Dems one seat away from flipping the chamber? How does GOP+Felder still have control without IDC if Venditto lost, then?

The IDC is still there and now has 7 members

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hopefully we get this crook and his ilk out of my county's control of government come end of this year. Believe the only Dems to enter so far are a state assemblymen, county legislator, local city councilman, and a "faux" Democrat county comptroller running. Pretty uninspiring if you ask me tbh.

I would have liked to see Abrahams  or Kaiman run or perhaps Haber again (though doubt he would right after running for State Senate), but it is still early more could jump in.  I think the Dem candidates are generally solid (and I have always liked Lavine), but it is a bit premature to really gauge the field until we know if anyone else is running or not and how they really start the campaign.

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Well, Nassau Republican party has always been in a league of its own. One would have thought that the Suozzi interlude would have taught them humility, though.

Perhaps Cuomo will appoint Suozzi to Mangano's vacancy.

Mangano would have been the strongest candidate for NY Governor in 2018 had this not come about.  The Nassau County GOP is, perhaps, the last old-time "bossed" political organization.

Mangano's trial has been set for early net year, chances are he isn't going to resign prior to then and his seat is up for in November so the chances of a vacancy are slim.  Not to mention, Suozzi probably wouldn't leave Congress to take the seat and the decision would not even  be Cuomo's.  It would be up to the Nassau County Legislature which currently has a 11-8 GOP advantage.


It also looks like there are more involved than the Mangano's and Venditto, a special Grand Jury has been put together to look into more corruption in the Town of Oyster Bay, looking at wiretaps, etc

http://longisland.news12.com/news/report-special-jury-probes-oyster-bay-corruption-case-1.13107566