Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty ImagesAfter weeks of searching and scrutinizing, local New York Republicans settled on Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County legislator, to be their pick to run for the House vacancy left by the removal of Rep. George Santos (R-NY)—and they swear they haven’t picked a dud this time around. Pilip was vetted by three outside research firms among other scruitiny, The New York Times reported. “We know everything we need to know about Mazi,” Nassau Republican Chairman