....July 6, 11:23 AM
	Carrozza: In Glen Head But Not Out Of District Ann-Margaret Carrozza’s Glen Head home. By Brian M. Rafferty Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza (D-Bayside) said this week that though she is temporarily living in Glen Head, on Long Island, she still has every intention to run for re-election to her Assembly seat next year. “I am temporarily living at the house [in Glen Head] until I can make arrangements in the district,” Carrozza said Wednesday. According to Carrozza, she has been in the process of buying a bigger house within the district to accommodate her growing family. She said she had already contracted out to rent her primary residence when difficulties with purchase of the new home arose. Carrozza and her husband had purchased the Glen Head home last August, and she has been living there since February – a result, she said, of the delay in her new home’s availability. Carrozza would not comment on where her children are attending school; as a rule, she does not publicly discuss her children, she said. Speaking of the temporary nature of her stay in Glen Head, she said “I am planning to reside in another house that I own in the district that is becoming available in August.” Carrozza said she owns multiple properties, and is delayed from moving into the house in question until August because there are currently tenants under lease. The New York State Constitution, in a section on residency requirements for members of the Assembly and Senate, states “No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she […] has been a resident of the […] assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election.” Two different local attorneys familiar with residency rules for the Legislature said that neither the Constitution nor case law regarding that particular section of it address the issue of residency during the term – just preceding it. Carrozza said this is not the first time in her tenure when she has lived temporarily out of the district. “I was temporarily out of the district on another occasion in 2001 when I was expecting my first child,” she said. “The contractors delayed the job, and we had nowhere to stay for five months. I had to be out of the district on that occasion as well.” She said she looks forward to continuing to serve and to run for re-election in 2010.