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Jay Jacobs quits state party post, not politics

May 26, 2012 5:13 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

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Photo credit: Newsday/Ed Betz | A file photo of Jay Jacobs in his office in Glen Cove. (Dec. 16, 2011)

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Jay Jacobs may have announced last week he is stepping down as New York's Democratic chairman, but the longtime Nassau party chief is not going away.

This weekend, Jacobs, 56, is hosting a fundraiser at his Laurel Hollow home for embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem). In the next few weeks, Jacobs will be involved in a similar event for Suffolk Rep. Steve Israel (D-Dix Hills), whose newly...

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