Brookhaven Town Council Member - 2nd District
Republican, Independent, Conservative
Jane E. Bonner (Incumbent)
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Background:
REPUBLICAN
Bonner, 55, of Rocky Point, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines. She is seeking her seventh term.
Policies:
- Bonner said Brookhaven has saved taxpayers millions of dollars by earning the top “AAA” rating from Standard & Poor’s rating service for four consecutive years.
- She said Brookhaven has removed more than 300 vacant and abandoned houses and cleaned and secured over 3,000 derelict houses over the past six years.
- Bonner said she’s proud the town has preserved more than 1,100 acres of land for open space and protected groundwater for generations to come.
Democratic, Working Families
Sarah N. Deonarine
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Background:
DEMOCRATIC
Deonarine, 38, is running on the Democratic and Working Families party lines. She is seeking her first four-year term.
Policies:
- She said she’d make the town more accessible to the public by opening more Town Hall mobile sites and push council meeting start times to 7 p.m., allowing more residents to attend.
- Deonarine said planning and zoning board members would now go through an application process and none would be allowed to be in a position of leadership for other political organizations.
- She said she’d crack down on homelessness and crime in Coram.