We caught up with Egidio Sementilli on Friday as he and a woman were collecting signatures for candidates in the 82nd Assembly District. In passing the woman, she asked if I would like to sign her petition. There already was a man signing on a page where one could not see the candidates. After he finished, the woman flipped a few pages saying and can you sign this page also. As I was about to ask who are the candidates you are collecting signatures for, Mr. Sementelli yelled from a distance "don't let him see anything". As I turned to get a photo of Mr. Sementilli he was very unprofessional as you can see from the photo above. I would not want to have been any of the candidates he was getting signatures for, and when Mr. Sementelli has to hand in his petitions on March 17th we will look at them to see just who Mr. Sementelli was collecting for and send each candidate this photo.
As to why all candidates this year have to end collecting signatures on March 17th and not the original dates of March 30th through April 2nd is due to the COVID-19. Governor Cuomo gave an Executive Order due to the State of Emergency from the outbreak of COVID-19. He also lowered the number of signatures required to thirty percent of the normal number of signatures required. If there were any candidates who were waiting for the last few weeks to gear up their petition signing they are out of time and luck. The timing to file General Objections, Specifications of General Objection, and court proceedings will also have to be altered. The hearings at the Board of Elections at the Manhattan headquarters could also be in jeopardy due ti the COVID-19.
On Saturday we caught up with 78th A.D. State Committeeman Oswald Felix, who was collecting signatures on Kingsbridge Road. Mr. Felix also had his petition pages not showing the candidates and he was not identifying all the candidates on the petition. I was not able to get a photo of all the names on the petition since they were hidden from view even when people were signing the petition pages. Mr. Felix and I were very cordial to each other since it was Mr. Felix who was the go between with Congressman Adriano Espaillat and a candidate for Judicial Delegate in the 80th A.D. which Congressman Espaillat said he would endorse even after being told that said candidate was not on the County Petition but an opposing petition. Mr. Felix is in damage control as it is thought that Congressman Espaillat endorsed the entire opposing petition rather than just one person running for a Judicial Delegate seat who is an old friend of the congressman. There are two other very reliable sources that back up said Judicial candidate in his statement of Congressman Espaillat's endorsement.
Mr. Oswald Felix collecting signatures on Kingsbridge Road for over twenty candidates who are hidden from view, but include Congressman Adriano Espaillat and Assemblyman Jose Rivera. Mr. Felix was suppose to run for the assembly seat against Assemblyman Jose Rivera, but it is rumored that Jose cut a deal with Congressman Espaillat giving Mr. Felix future considerations. Ms. Shanequa Charles is running against Assemblyman Rivera this year, and Mr. Felix is hoping she does not win.
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