Nassau Pols Trade Barbs Over Spending on Mailings

Nassau County Legislator Diane Yatauro holding up a mailing sent out by the Mangano Administration at a press conference in Mineola on Monday, June 14. (Photo By Amanda Marzullo)

Nassau County Legis. Diane Yatauro (D- Glen Cove), the minority leader, criticized Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, for spending too much money on mailers to county residents touting his accomplishments—a charge he denied.

“The taxpayers are barely making ends meet,” Yatauro said during a news conference Monday in Mineola. “We can’t be wasting money.”

Yatauro said Mangano should be finding a solution to help save Able Ride, a paratransit bus service for people with disabilities, and not spend taxpayers’ dollars on what she called self-promotional full-color “puff pieces.”

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