Long Beach City Council Member (3 Seats Open)

Delury, 60, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines on a ticket with Lauren Doddato-Goldman and Anissa Moore. Delury has worked as treasurer for the Village of East Williston for the past eight years.

• Delury said he wants to hold the line on real estate taxes. He said the city needs better budgeting and implement a five-year plan to adhere to budgets and hold people accountable.
• He wants to eliminate corruption by evaluating the city’s financial problems and stop overpayments to employees in various departments.
• Delury said he wants to improve the quality of life for residents by fixing roads, maintaining clean water and improving financial stability to restore trust in government.

Diamond, 40, is running on the Working Families Party line. She was appointed to the Long Beach City Council in February 2017 and elected to a two-year term in November 2017. Diamond has lived in Long Beach since 2009 and works as associate counsel to the New York State United Teachers Office of General Council. She was defeated in a June Democratic primary on a ticket with Councilman Anthony Eramo and challenger James Mulvaney.

• Diamond said she will continue to work hard for Long Beach families and maintain city services.
• She said the city needs to make a comprehensive plan to reduce taxes and continue to advocate for additional superstorm Sandy recovery.
• She said the city should work to protect from overdevelopment by focusing on smart development strategies to attract high-paying jobs.

Doddato-Goldman, 40, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines on a ticket with Michael Delury and Anissa Moore. She is an attorney and has been a law clerk since 2015 to Nassau County Judge Terence Murphy. She is a former Nassau County assistant district attorney and defense attorney. She has lived in Long Beach for five years.

• She said she wants to make revisions to the city charter to give more power to the city council to govern the city.
• She said different departments need to be held accountable by posting each budget and all contracts online.
• She said the city needs to make a clear policy to restrict payments for unused accrued time and a thorough investigation to recoup excessive separation payments.

Eramo, 45, is running on the Working Families party line, seeking his third term on the City Council. He is a Verizon field technician and a steward of CWA Local 1106. He was elected to the City Council in 2013 and re-elected to a four-year term in 2015. He ran unsuccessfully for the 20th Assembly District seat in 2016. He was defeated in the June Democratic primary with Council Vice President Chumi Diamond and challenger James Mulvaney.

• Eramo said Long Beach should continue to prepare for future storms by investing in flood protection and infrastructure, including beach-to-bay storm protection projects while focusing on accelerated road repaving.
• He said the city should reduce the burden on taxpayers by expanding the tax base to solidify long-term economic stability.
• He said the city should identify smart growth initiatives to maintain the character of the community while increasing economic development and creating jobs.

McInnis, 48, is a 14-year Long Beach resident running on the Democratic line on a ticket with Elizabeth Treston and Ron Paganini. They defeated incumbents Chumi Diamond, Anthony Eramo and challenger James Mulvaney in a June Democratic primary. She is a certified nonprofit accounting professional and works as vice president of finance and strategic planning for the Association of American Publishers. She previously worked for 13 years for Time Inc., for Time, Fortune and Entertainment Weekly magazines.

• McInnis said the City Council needs to investigate separation payments and hire a permanent city manager.
• She said the City Council is fractured and the budget continues to resist reducing operating costs as advised by the state comptroller and Moody’s Investors Service.
• She said she and her running mates will work with the City Council and residents to restore fiscal stability and transparency by creating a public open checkbook. She plans to add resident citizen advisory committees and improve the tax base through smart growth, while preserving the affordability and character of communities by revisiting the city’s comprehensive plan.

Moore, 50, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines on a ticket with Michael Delury and Lauren Doddato-Goldman. She has served as the Long Beach City Council president since August and is seeking her second term. She has lived in Long Beach for 10 years and was elected to a four-year term in 2015 as the first African American council member in Long Beach history. She is a professor of communications at Nassau Community College, where she has worked for 24 years. She also has held administrative positions at NCC, including acting dean of social and behavioral sciences.

• Moore said the City Council needs to revise the city charter and city code. She said the charter and code are antiquated and changes must be made to create the necessary financial and management controls.
• She said the city should create a Strategic Planning committee to include local businesses, civic associations and residents to provide input on the budget, infrastructure, economic development, and health and safety.
• Moore said the city should establish an audit committee and revenue-generating initiatives to reduce the tax burden on residents.

Mulvaney, 65, of Long Beach, is running on the Working Families line. He worked as a reporter and a foreign correspondent for Newsday, as investigations team leader at The Orange County Register, and as deputy managing editor at the New York Daily News. Mulvaney served as director of intelligence for the KPMG accounting firm in New York. He served as deputy commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights. He was defeated in the June Democratic primary with council members Chumi Diamond and Anthony Eramo.

• Mulvaney said the city needs to develop better plans for the budgeting process. He said he will bring experience in running major projects and negotiating with law firms and regulators to clarify the budget process and focus on open government regulations.
• He said he will work to improve personal relationships with the Long Island congressional delegation to increase federal assistance.
• He said the city should pursue smart developments to increase the tax base and revenue without raising taxes on residents.

Ron Paganini, 67, is running on the Democratic line on a ticket with the New Wave Dems, including his running mates Karen McInnis and Elizabeth Treston. They defeated incumbents Chumi Diamond, Anthony Eramo and challenger James Mulvaney in a June Democratic primary. He has lived in Long Beach for 62 years and is a retired 30-year Long Beach City employee. He worked as a dispatcher and a driver for the city’s Department of Transportation. He served as vice president of the city’s CSEA union and previously worked as a mailer for the New York Daily News.

• Paganini said the city needs to cut $1 million in overtime and waste after overtime projections were increased in the last budget. He said the city needs to reduce overstaffing in high-paying departments and cut duplicated positions.
• He said the city should use parking meters to generate revenue and solar panels at the city’s ice rink to save energy costs. He said the city should explore grant funding from the governor’s office and cut some city events to save the city additional expenses. He said he does not support layoffs.
• He said union workers should start paying for benefits. Paganini said the city needs to hire a permanent city manager who lives in Long Beach and is willing to work with the City Council.

Elizabeth Treston, 59, of Long Beach, is running on the Democratic line on a ticket with Karen McInnis and Ron Paganini. They defeated incumbents Chumi Diamond, Anthony Eramo and challenger James Mulvaney in a June Democratic primary. She is a retired speech pathologist and graduate coordinator for Hofstra University. She served as co-chair for the Long Beach Community Organizations Active in Disasters.

• Treston said she wants to implement best management practices and bring financial transparency to City Hall while answering questions of residents.
• She wants to bring open government and an open checkbook to show where money is coming in and being spent. She said residents should have access to review city finances and communicate more openly with the city.
• She said the city should continue to rebuild after superstorm Sandy and put residents back into their homes.