Laura Curran’s vow to end patronage is already facing scrutiny
The Nassau County executive-elect’s promise to halt the practice has set a high bar for an administration still being formed.
Laura Curran at a news conference on March 9, 2017. She assailed Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and county patronage practices while on the campaign trail. Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
On the campaign trail, Nassau County Executive-elect Laura Curran pledged repeatedly to fill jobs based on “what you know, not who you know.”
She said it so often in assailing long-standing county patronage practices — calling them symptomatic of a “culture of corruption” — that she set an unusually high bar for her administration.
“I’m expecting scrutiny because of the campaign, and...
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