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Guv backtracks on special election
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Hours after announcing a special election to fill disgraced former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio’s (D-Richmond Hill) seat, Gov. David Paterson reversed himself, saying “no final decision has been made.”
At 12:16 p.m., Paterson’s office sent out a news release saying he had called a special election for Sept. 15, Primary Day, to fill the seat.
But less than four hours later, at 3:56 p.m., Paterson said the release “has been recalled.”
“No final decision has been made at this time with respect to a Special Election in the 38th District,” Paterson spokeswoman Marissa Shorenstein said in the new statement.
Seminerio pleaded guilty in June to corruption charges, causing a vacancy. He admitted to taking roughly $1 million in illegal payments, including $390,000 from Jamaica Hospital and its Medicaid-managed health care plan.
Reach reporter Howard Koplowitz by e-mail at hkoplowitz@cnglocal.com or by phone at 718-229-0300, Ext. 173.
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