Presiding Officer Diane Yatauro (D-Glen Cove) kicked off her new position Wednesday by maintaining the Nassau legislature’s tradition of unexplained tardiness.
The legislature’s first meeting of the year, where Yatauro was formally installed in the top job, started nearly an hour late with no explanation offered for the delay. Under Yatauro’s predecessor, Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury), meetings of the legislature and its committees seldom started on time, often running hours behind schedule for no apparent reason.
Ed Ward, spokesman for the legislature’s Republicans, said, “The transfer of power was consistent — late as usual.”
— Celeste Hadrick