NEW YORK — Polls have closed in the ultracompetitive special congressional election for former Rep. George Santos’ seat, after a day of voting in snowy, sloppy eastern Queens and Long Island. Tom Suozzi, the Democratic nominee, is seeking to wrest the district back into Democratic hands after the truth-challenged Santos captured the seat in the midterm elections. Suozzi, a centrist who represented the district for three terms before giving it up to run for governor, faces Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County lawmaker and a figure virtually unknown before the race. The campaign, fought in large p…
