Three months before the November election, Hempstead has a new town supervisor: Republican John Ferretti, who had been campaigning for the seat and left his role as a county legislator to fill it Tuesday morning.
Hempstead Town Hall erupted with dueling booing and cheering as Don Clavin stepped down from the supervisor seat and the town board appointed Ferretti, a course of action Democrats like Joe Scianablo, who is running against Ferretti for the seat, have been raising the alarm about for months. Republicans had cast doubt on the suspected plans, but always refused to outright confirm or deny them.
