Suffolk County Legislator - 2nd District

DEMOCRATIC

Fleming, 59, is running on the Democratic, Working Families and Independence party lines. She is seeking her third two-year term as county legislator. She previously worked as a Southampton Town Board member and for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

• Fleming said her economic focus has included public transportation and affordable housing. She touted securing an additional $2 million from Albany this year for bus route improvements and providing support to Gansett Meadows and Sandy Hollow Cove housing projects.
• In her environmental efforts, Fleming said she has proposed a coastal resiliency management plan to protect infrastructure from climate change and increasing renewable energy use.
• As vice chair of the health committee, Fleming said she has helped provide Narcan trainings to reduce opioid overdoses and provide equipment and staff for the Health Department to test ticks.

REPUBLICAN

Kabot, 51, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Libertarian party lines. Kabot is a former Southampton Town supervisor and councilwoman. She previously worked as an executive assistant to the town supervisor.

• Kabot said she would seek fiscal solvency for the county by increasing revenue, reallocating resources and cutting spending, such as by repealing public financing for campaigns and decreasing subsidies for contract agencies.
• Kabot said she wants to incentivize economic development in downtown areas by creating sewer districts and encouraging local municipalities to allow affordable housing above storefronts. She said improving downtowns also will bring more sales tax revenue to the county.
• To protect water quality, Kabot said she would advocate for improving runoff from stormwater and fertilizers and for local municipalities to put restrictive environmental covenants on natural resources.