Regional
By Sara Marcus
NEW YORK -
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 10:55 am | כ ט טבת תשפ א
Supporters gather to protest the closure of Mac’s Public House on Dec. 7, 2020, in Staten Island. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
Leticia Remauro, the Republican candidate for Staten Island Borough President, is facing criticism and pushes to drop out after she took a video of herself saying “Heil Hitler” and posted it online.
Remauro was leading a protest against state coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and bars on December 2nd was filming herself when she announced, “We have to come together with the small business community, with Staten Island to stand up for our right the right to pay taxes so that we can pay the salaries of these good men and women, who, yes, are only doing their jobs.