Long Island and Queens Republicans will nominate Nassau County legislator Mazi Pilip — — a former Israeli paratrooper and native of Ethiopia — to run as its candidate to replace the expelled George Santos in the House of Representatives, GOP officials confirmed Thursday. A formal announcement of Pilip’s candidacy will take place Friday in Massapequa. The special election for the vacant seat of the Third Congressional District — which takes in much of Nassau County and parts of eastern Queens — will be held Feb. 13 . Pilip, who resides in Great Neck, will face off against former Democratic Rep....