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Town Supervisors North Hempstead (D) JUDI BOSWORTH Bosworth was first sworn in as town supervisor in 2014, following six years as a county legislator and 16 years on the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education. Bosworth has emphasized both political transparency and fiscal responsibility as supervisor, keeping the town under the state tax cap in every budget under her tenure. (R) DAVID REDMOND A longtime Mineola resident, Redmond has served his community as a volunteer firefighter, a Knights of Columbus member and an advisor to the village board. He wants to improve the intellectual, cultural, professional and generational diversity of the town board, seeing years of one-party rule as harmful to development.
2000. He was a founding member of Deer Park Rescue Company No. 1, is a member of the Sons of Italy and also was a member of the Nassau County Village Officials Association and served as president of that organization.
Hempstead (D) LAURA A. GILLEN Laura Gillen was the first Democrat to win the supervisor seat for the Town of Hempstead since 1905, upsetting Republican incumbent Anthony Santino in 2017. Gillen grew up in Baldwin and moved to Rockville Centre in 2003 where she still resides with her family. She graduated from Georgetown Universtiy, went to New York University’s School of Law and worked at Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker and Sharfstein, LLP before taking up her role as supervisor.
(R) DONALD X. CLAVIN JR. Donald Clavin has Oyster Bay been the Town of Hempstead (R) JOSEPH SALADINO Receiver of Taxes Saladino was since 2001. Clavin sworn in as town went to Canisius College and supervisor in Hofstra University School 2017. Prior, he of Law. Clavin worked as a served in the trial attorney in the New York New York State Assembly courts and United Stated for six terms, where he was Federal District Courts. He an original sponsor—and approved—the state’s proper- also worked as a deputy county attorney for Nassau ty tax cap and STAR Rebate Checks. Saladino is commit- County and is a resident of Garden City. ted to restricting long-term borrowing and conservative (LBT) DIANE MADDEN budgeting principles and an advocate for the environment Diane Madden is an animal rights and safe drinking water. activist from East (D) JAMES ALTADONNA Meadow. She is a registered Prior to becoming Independent, who was nomitown clerk, James nated by the Libertarian parAltadonna was ty to run for supervisor. She the mayor of previously ran for the town’s Massapequa Park Sixth Councilmember seat, and he served as President of Friends of the Community endorsed by the Democrats, against Republican incumService Department, Inc. bent Gary Hudes. since its inception in March
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(D) SIELA A. BYNOE
Siela A. Bynoe is the incumbent legislator in District 2. She has worked on legislation targeting zombie homes (the Land Bank bill), secured funding for the Mental Health First Aid Program and secured roughly $200,000 in grant money, much of which has gone to libraries and senior centers in her communities.
(R) GERILYN S. WRIGHT
Gerilyn S. Wright is an educational administrator from West Hempstead who was treasurer of the IDA (Industrial Development Board) for the Town of Hempstead. She support local business growth on Long Island to create additional tax base and place less dependence on individual property tax. Through community surveys and sub-committees, she intends to increase constituent involvement. DISTRICT 8
(D) BARBARA J. HAFNER
Barbara Hafner is a retired teacher after 25 years and was a union president for 18 years. She serves on the NYSUT and Long Island Federation of Labor Executive Boards and is running to serve the community and county to end corruption, protect working families and bring economic development to lower taxes.
(R) VINCENT T. MUSCARELLA
Vincent Muscarella has been a member of the Nassau County Legislature since its establishment in 1996. He served from 1991-95 as assemblyman for the 22nd Assembly District. He grew up in Elmont, has a law practice in Franklin Square and lives in West Hempstead with his wife of 36 years. DISTRICT 9
(D) MAL S. NATHAN
Mal Nathan has worked with the Town of North Hempstead since 1999 and has risen to be the chief bay constable. Mal served as President of the
Bay Constable Association representing all of New York State. He lives in Williston Park with his wife and six children.
(R) RICHARD NICOLELLO
Presiding Officer Rich Nicolello is seeking reelection for the Nassau County Legislature’s 9th legislative district. Nicolello has fought to hold the line on taxes, sponsored laws to make the county executive’s error riddled assessment process more fair and transparent and more. DISTRICT 10
(D) ELLEN BIRNBAUM
Incumbent Ellen Birnbaum is running for her third term as 10th District County Legislator. She has lived in Great Neck for 36 years and remains active in several community organizations. In her time as a legislator she has worked on infrastructure repair, senior care, anti-bullying initiatives and veteran services.
(R) HELENE SHERMAN
Sherman served Nassau County as an Assistant District Attorney, and works in matrimonial and family law focus in her private practice. She has lived in Great Neck for over 20 years, and now she wants to give back to help the community maintain its way of life through fiscal conservancy, supporting schools and providing good services for all residents. DISTRICT 11
(D) DELIA DERIGGI-WHITTON
DeRiggi Whitton is resolute in her insistence on financial integrity and transparency, passionate about protecting the environment and devoted to the well being of children and seniors. She is Ranking Member of Public Safety, Health & Social Services and Towns, Villages & Cites Committees, and is a member of the Rules and Veterans & Senior Affairs Committees.
(R) JAMES GREENBERG
Greenberg, a Glen Cove
resident, is an attorney, small business owner, and community leader who is deeply devoted to improving life for all who call Nassau County home. Frustrated by the lack of transparency and partisanship in county government, Greenberg is running to tackle issues including an aging infrastructure, skyrocketing cost of living and a decreasing quality of life for seniors and young adults.
(LBT) BLAY TARNOFF
Tarnoff has been a resident of Port Washington since 2001. He is a past chair and served 10 years as secretary of the Libertarian Party of New York. He is also the current chair of the Nassau County Libertarian Party. He is dedicated to transitioning away from the need for taxes, regulation and government control, and to empowering every individual to be independent and free. DISTRICT 12
(D) MICHAEL S. PESCE
Michael Pesce is a lifelong Massapequa resident. He has had a successful career working for three Fortune 500 companies. He is a republican running on the democratic line because he believes the Republican Party of Nassau County is filled with corruption. He is running on a community-first platform.
(R) JAMES D. KENNEDY
James Kennedy is an incumbent legislator, having won the 12th District special election in 2015 and won reelection in 2017. Originally a teacher at Holy Child Academy, Kennedy has spent the last four-plus years fighting to keep property taxes from raising and has worked to eradicate the drug problem in the area. DISTRICT 14
(D) MICHAEL J. MALONEY
Michael Maloney is a lifelong Garden City resident who is a former journalist turned public relation professional. He is running for office so he can improve government and make
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PARTY KEY GRE=Green REP=Republican WEP=Women’s Equality CON=Conservative IND=Independence RP=Reform WFP=Working Families DEM=Democratic LIB=Libertarian TR=Tax Revolt *=incumbent it more responsive, transparent and accountable. He will prioritize budget proposals that favor long-term fiscal responsibility over short-term fixes.
spent the past nine years as a union representative, advocating for local workers.
2016. He is on the Finance, Government Services and Operations Committee; Planning, Development and the Environment Committee; Public Works and Park Committee; and Health and Social Services Committee.
After advocating as a Council Delegate and working in the field for District Council 9 (DC9), he was asked to come on as a full-time union organizer.
November 2017. He graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a master’s degree in education (R) JOHN FERRETTI policy and management, and Incumbent John R. Ferretti Jr. from the Cornell University (R) LAURA M. SCHAEFER entered the county legislature ILR School with a bachelor’s Incumbent Laura Schaefer, as an attorney, serving as the (R) ROSE MARIE WALKER degree in industrial and labor who entered the legislature chief deputy county clerk. Thus Rose Marie Walker was first relations. Among the bills he as a real estate, land use and far, Ferretti has passed several (R) JENNIFER GARBER elected to represent the 17th has passed include Timothy’s litigation lawyer, was elected bills, including bike safety laws Jennifer Garber is a registered Legislative District on Nov. Law, Dignity For Our Heroes, in 2013 and has been reelected and the Assessment Bill of Democrat, who has been 3, 2009 and was reelected in as well as the recently food in 2015 and 2017. She has Rights. He is involved in several endorsed by Republican and 2011, 2013, 2015. Prior to her safety legislation. assumed leadership roles in local organizations. Conservative parties. She has election to the Legislature, she various areas in the legislature worked as an attorney for served as a Councilwoman (R) TIMOTHY JENKS (LBT) JONATHAN and has gained extensive the last seven years and is a in the Town of Oyster Bay Timothy Jenks is a lawyer at GUNTHER experience in funding comresident of Plainview. She is from January 2004 through Montfort, Healy, McGuire & munity projects and approving Jon Gunther is determined to running on fiscal responsibility December 2009. An active Salley LLP, where he started make a difference, and politics for Nassau County. qualified individuals. Community member, She in 2017. Prior to joining the “is the way I can do just that.” has served as a trustee on firm, he gained experience He wants a small government, the Board of Education in as an associate at one of New DISTRICT 15 DISTRICT 17 “consistent with the maximum Hicksville, is a past president York City’s finest personal (D) FRANCES A. AVNET freedom of the individual as (D) ALLEN FOLEY of Dutch Lane PTA, Hicksville injury firms. He is an active Fran Avnet is an executive long as you do not interfere A resident of Hicksville, Foley Middle School and High member of the Nassau secretary at the Maurice A. with the freedoms of others.” joined the New York Glaziers School PTSA. County Bar Association, Deane School of Law at Hofstra Local 1087 in 2008. While where he volunteers as a University. She is running working as a glazier in the field mentor to local middle school DISTRICT 16 DISTRICT 18 on the platform of being “a and earning a college degree at students. He plans “to bring (D) ARNOLD W. DRUCKER night, Foley served as trustee (D) JOSHUA LAFAZAN champion for workers’ rights,” his skills and experience as Josh Lafazan, at 23 years old, protecting the neighborhoods, Arnold Drucker is running for for Local 1087 in addition to an attorney to the table as his third term after winning a became Nassau County’s as well as not being “a cookserving as a member of the a lawmaker in the Nassau special election in November youngest-ever Legislator in ie-cutter politician.” She’s NYC Central Labor Council. County Legislature.”
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