Schoenberger handed Independence Line; Leschinsky stays on the ballot

At courthouse hearings this week, Ilan Schoenbergerโ€™s petitions for the Independence Party were validated, giving him the line, as no other county executive candidates qualified to contest him via write-in. County executive candidate Simon Leschinsky of the Conservative Party won his battle to stay in the primary against party-endorsed candidate Tom Sullivan.

INSIDE ROCKLAND POLITICS: Day files suit against Leschinsky, Leschinsky fires back

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City โ€“ County executive candidate Legislator Ed Day has initiated court proceedings against Conservative Party opportunity-to-ballot candidate Simon Leschinsky, alleging petitioning irregularities. Proceedings began on July 29 and continued through the week with a presentation of evidence by Dayโ€™s attorney Byron C. McKim to the Honorable Gerald B. Loehr. The defense [โ€ฆ]