Politics & Government

Reminder: Local Primary Election Thursday

Local Republicans should head to the polls to vote for their candidate for State Assembly.

The New York State Board of Elections will hold a Primary Election Thursday for the Republican Candidate for the New York State Assembly seat in the 9th District.

Republicans the Republican incumbent Joseph Saladino, of Massapequa, and challenger Richard Young, of West Islip, starting at 9 a.m. Thursday.

District lines were redrawn earlier this year, moving parts of District Nine throughout parts of both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Assemblyman Saladino's former district covered an area from Levittown to Farmingdale and Massapequa. The new district map includes Massapequa and Massapequa Park, extends down to the Barrier Beach islands before coming back up to include an area from West Babylon through parts of West Islip.

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Polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.; check out this handy poll place finder from the Suffolk County Board of Elections.


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