Smyth Loses at BOE: Huntington GOP and Conservative Primaries are "On"

The Suffolk Board of Elections rejected Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth's attempts to cancel this year's June 24th primary elections in Huntington, ruling that Smyth's "Objections" to the Republican Nominating Petitions filed by Councilwoman Brooke Lupinacci were groundless.

Smyth's confederates filed Objections with the Board claiming falsely that Lupinacci had filed 1,767 Republican voters' signatures and that 842 were "invalid."

But the Board ruled that Smyth was lying on both counts:  Lupinacci had in fact filed 1887 signatures - 120 more than falsely miscounted by Smyth - and that over 1,628 of those were "clearly valid" signatures.  The threshold to get on the ballot is 1,000 signatures. Meaning that Smyth's claims were not even close.

"I stood up for the people of Huntington by opposing Ed Smyth's attempt to ram thousands of high-density rental apartments into our neighborhoods without any plan or compliance with the mandatory environmental SEQRA studies," stated Lupinacci. "And when I reported reports of kickbacks, pay-offs, bribes and favors from corrupt developer cronies of Ed Smyth to law enforcement, Smyth illegally retaliated against me by firing both my Council staff."

"Huntington is at a crossroads: Ed Smyth has sold us out to his developer buddies and will destroy Huntington and saddle us with huge tax increases to pay for it," added Lupinacci. "I am running to protect Huntington and keep it a safe, beautiful place to live and raise my kids."

The Board also rejected Smyth's attempt to disqualify former Halesite Fire Chief Dom Spada, who is running for Supervisor in the Conservative Party primary on June 24th. Spada was a former candidate for Suffolk County Legislature, and is a registered Conservative.

Smyth falsely alleged that most of Spada's Conservative nominating signatures were "invalid," but the Board ruled that Smyth and his confederates lied again, and that Dom Spada filed a good and valid Conservative nominating Petition.

Smyth planned the mass apartment development scheme with his crony, a corrupt Huntington developer named Gregory DeRosa. Court charges detail that DeRosa is behind a $50 million "Ponzi Land Fraud" and has stolen millions from Huntington residents.

Last month, DeRosa was arrested and charged by the Suffolk DA for fraud.  The FBI and Department of Justice have been investigating corruption in the Smyth administration for months, including a secret $240,000 "Consult Agreement" between DeRosa and Smyth's right hand man on the Town Council.  Federal arrests are expected soon.