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Suozzi defeat throws Lighthouse lease into question

Quick ReadThe proposed Lighthouse Project just lost one of its loudest and most supportive voices with the defeat of Nassau Executive Thomas Suozzi.

Developer Charles Wang and Nassau County Executive Tom

Photo credit: Newsday / Dick Yarwood | Developer Charles Wang and Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi talk about the Lighthouse project, then called "Nassau Centre," on Oct. 13, 2004.

The proposed Lighthouse Project just lost one of its loudest and most supportive voices.

That, coupled with a new Republican majority in the Nassau Legislature, could mean trouble for the proposed property lease, established between outgoing County Executive Thomas Suozzi and developers Charles Wang and Scott Rechler.

And it's unclear whether Wang and Rechler will back any changes to...

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