Elections across Long Island’s towns and cities this year are highlighted by supervisor races that range from a bare-knuckle brawl to the uncontested.

Voters will go to the polls in 10 of Long Island's 13 towns to choose who will fill the top job of town supervisor. Incumbents face challenges in Babylon, Hempstead, Huntington, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Riverhead and Shelter Island. Three races — in East Hampton, Smithtown and Southampton — are uncontested.

The marquee matchup is in Hempstead, where the race has been punctuated by a successful lawsuit brought against the town and many of its elected officials by the Democratic challenger, Joseph Scianablo. He faces Republican Supervisor John Ferretti.

Earlier this month, a state judge ruled that the town and officials violated state

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