It’s official. Nobody will have the Independence Party ballot line in the competitive 14th Nassau legislative district after weeks of lobbying by both Democrats and Republicans for the coveted third-party spot.
Supreme Court Justice Randi Sue Marber on Wednesday threw out Independence party petitions for incumbent Legis. Daved Mejias (D-North Massapequa), authorized by former party chair James Kapsis, ruling the authorization invalid.
Last week, the petitions filed by party chairman Bobby Kumar were thrown out for having insufficient valid signatures. The party originally submitted its own candidate and then substituted Mejias.
Mejias is running against Republican Joseph Belesi.
Celeste Hadrick