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- 1 2 3 4 Joseph Berger (April 26, 1996). "When County Politics Is a Family Business;Westchester Feels the Spanos' Presence". The New York Times . Retrieved August 1, 2011.
Nicholas, now 42, and Michael, 32, were both Republican district leaders in Yonkers at 18. Nicholas won his bid for the Assembly at 25.
- 1 2 Danny Hakim (November 5, 2006). "Small Senate Battle, Big Names". Yonkers Professionals Network. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
Former President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo all made their pitch for Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who lost by 18 votes to Senator Nicholas Spano in 2004.
- ↑ Glenn Blain (April 25, 2007). "Introducing Nick Spano, real estate agent". Politics on the Hudson. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
At a press conference in Yonkers this morning, Spano was introduced as the latest addition to Prudential Rand's Commercial Services division. Spano, who received his real estate license a week ago, described his new job as an outgrowth of his work in the Senate.
- ↑ Joseph Berger (April 2, 2010). "Yonkers campus sells for $14 million". Yonkers Professionals Network. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
Rand Commercial Services brokered the sale for both buyer and seller. Adler and Nicholas Spano, a Rand agent and former state senator from Yonkers, negotiated the sale.
- ↑ "Executive Team". Empire Strategic Planning. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Jail for Ex-Westchester Legislator in Tax Case". The New York Times. June 19, 2012.
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