Nassau County Legislator - 2nd District
Democratic, Working Families
Siela A. Bynoe (Incumbent)
Background:
DEMOCRATIC
Bynoe, 51, of Westbury, is running on the Democratic and Working Families party lines. Bynoe, who served on the Westbury school board from 2010 through 2014, won a special election to the legislature in 2014 and is seeking her third two-year term.
Policies:
- Bynoe said that she introduced legislation, which passed unanimously, requiring Mental Health First Aid training for county employees who regularly interact directly with the public.
- She said that she brought together local officials in February for meetings that resulted in the Hempstead Initiative, a county and Hempstead Village police collaboration to reduce gang- and drug-related crimes.
- She said that she introduced and secured passage of a new law that requires businesses to submit vendor disclosure forms with updated background information for each county contract, so that conflicts of interest can be discovered.
Republican
Gerilyn S. Wright
Background:
REPUBLICAN
Wright, 40, of West Hempstead, is running on the Republican line. Wright is director of guidance, K-12, in the Roosevelt school district, according to the district website, and was appointed in 2017 to the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency.
Policies:
- Wright said she supports lowering residential property taxes.
- She said she is concerned about climate change and flooding on Long Island.
- She said she is also concerned about the “opiate crisis and how it is effecting our youth.”