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Mazi Pilip and Tom Suozzi are facing off in the race to replace George Santos.
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Mazi Pilip and Tom Suozzi are facing off in the race to replace George Santos.
Residents in Queens and Long Island have been waiting for months to replace expelled George Santos.
Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip are vying for the seat representing parts of Nassau County and Queens.
The special election to replace ex-Rep. George Santos has turned into a big bucks slugfest between Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip on the national stage. It's a race within a race, because there's much more at stake.
Pilip and Suozzi brought the big bazookas to their make-or-break debate.
Voters have Suozzi, a former Congressman, up 48%-44%. The election will be held on Tuesday.
Experts say the strategies by each candidate are being carefully calculated, perhaps to be adopted elsewhere in November.
The big bucks race to replace ex-Rep. George Santos will have national implications. Suozzi wants his old seat back, but now he's bucking a red wave on Long Island.
Republican County Legislator Mazi Pilip and Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former congressman, are running to fill the seat.
Suozzi, who has served in Congress before and was once Nassau County executive, said there's no shame in being a career politician.
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The Westchester County suburb has never seen an election quite like this one.
Republican party leaders say they're confident in the vetting process this time.
The winner of the special election will serve out the remainder of Santos' term, representing parts of Nassau County and Queens.
The county executive pointed to infrastructure and environmental projects, cuts in property taxes, and "reforming the police while tackling crime head-on."
Suozzi on Wednesday met with Gov. Kathy Hochul, because he needed her endorsement to run in the special election.
There will be no primary. Democrats and Republicans will each pick a candidate to go head-to-head.
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The Stamford Fire Department said high winds ripped the 3,000-square-foot flag off the pole atop the WWE building and sent it flying into electrical wires.
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A man was charged with assaulting an officer after he allegedly rammed his van into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in New Jersey, according to prosecutors.
Six women and girls had acid thrown on them in Jersey City Monday night, officials said. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on in front of a house on Wilkinson Avenue near Ocean Avenue.
The Tuesday evening rush coincided with the end of the match between Senegal and France at MetLife Stadium.
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