Nassau County Legislator - 2nd District
Democratic, Working Families
Siela A. Bynoe (Incumbent)
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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
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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.”