Wealthiest NYC Suburb Splits Over What’s Next After Santos Mess

  • Tuesday special election pits Democrat Suozzi vs. GOP’s Pilip
  • Toss-up race seen as referendum on migrants, Israel, abortion
Signs for Tom Suozzi and Mazi Pilip hang on an overpass in Great Neck, New York.Photographer: Mia Gindis/Bloomberg
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The ads are negative and hard to escape.

One accuses Democrat Tom Suozzi of being soft on immigration. Another ties his opponent, Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip, to George Santos, the disgraced con artist congressman they’re trying to replace.