The Democrat operating for Nassau County district lawyer is threatening to sue the state Republican Social gathering over advertisements linking her to socialist Massive Apple mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, The Submit has discovered.
An lawyer for candidate Nicole Aloise despatched a “stop and desist” letter to the GOP Marketing campaign Committee earlier this month, calling the advertisements “utterly fabricated, false and defamatory.”
“Nicole Aloise stands with Mamdani,” one of many adverts says.
One other reveals pictures of Aloise and Mamdani subsequent to every and dubs them “political twins.”
Aloise’s lawyer, Anthony Rattobali, threatened to file a defamation go well with if the Republicans backing GOP incumbent DA Anne Donnelly refuse to cease publishing the advertisements.
“There isn’t a supply quotation for this assertion. It’s utterly fabricated, false, and defamatory,” Rattobali stated in his Oct. 10 letter.
He additionally claimed the GOP lied within the advertisements about Aloise’s document on the state’s controversial bail reforms, the Rikers Island jail complicated and a disciplinary matter.
“Every of the above statements are false and defamatory and belied by info which are available to you,” Rattoballi stated. “As well as, these statements have been made in reckless disregard of the reality since they’re opposite to the general public document and have been particularly performed to hurt Ms. Aloise’s fame.
“Accordingly,” he stated, “you’re hereby directed to right away stop and desist in republishing any of the foregoing statements, and if you don’t, authorized motion could also be taken with out additional discover.”
A state GOP spokesman laughed off the authorized risk, saying Aloise and different members of her occasion are caught with Mamdani, the Israel-bashing Democratic nominee for mayor.
“It might be humorous if it wasn’t such a tragic commentary on the state of the Democratic Social gathering,” the spokesman for state Republican Social gathering chairman Ed Cox stated.
“Democrats across the nation and in New York – beginning with [Gov.] Kathy Hochul – are going to must reply for his or her help of an anti-Semitic, defund-the-police Hamas supporter,” the rep stated.
Hochul has endorsed Mamdani, however Lengthy Island Democrats, together with Aloise, have distanced themselves for the lefty Queens state assemblyman — and even repudiated him.
“Zohran Mamdani is the mistaken selection for mayor and I disagree with him on cashless bail and defunding our police,” Aloise beforehand advised The Submit.
Her spokesperson, Ellen McCormick, stated of the allegedly false GOP assaults: “With Donnelly’s document of driving out profession prosecutors, rising crime, botched circumstances, breaking union contracts, and severed relationships with Nassau’s regulation enforcement, her solely path left is to lie about her opponent.
“Nassau voters know higher, they usually deserve an sincere District Lawyer, not determined smear techniques,” McCormick stated.
