Tag: Nassau County

Republican Bruce Blakeman has officially taken the reins as Nassau County executive, marking a tonal shift in county leadership from his predecessor Laura Curran, a Democrat who served since 2018 and helped lead Nassau through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The Chief of Detectives for the Nassau County Police Department, the first black woman to hold that role. And now she will make history again as the first woman to become commissioner of the largest police department in our country, if not the globe,” New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams said.

Republicans reclaimed elected positions across Nassau and Suffolk counties on Election Day, but while some Democrats saw the heavy losses as reason for soul searching, others set their sights on higher office.

Bruce Blakeman, who will take office as Nassau County Executive on Jan. 1, has chosen a team of more than 50 community leaders to help transition county administrations, Blakeman’s office announced on Thursday.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has fallen short 2,150 votes in her bid for re-election to Republican Bruce Blakeman, a Town of Hempstead councilman.

Republican Anne Donnelly, a longtime county prosecutor, has declared victory in the race for Nassau County District Attorney over New York State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach).

Learn more about Justin Brown, a healthcare administrator and candidate for Nassau County Clerk, on #PoliticsNYwithSkye.

Raja Singh is running for Nassau County Legislator in District 17 which includes Hicksville, Massapequa, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Seaford, Wantagh and portions of Old Bethpage.

A cluster of people contracting Legionnaires’ disease near the Wantagh-Levittown border has prompted Nassau County Health Department to investigate the origin of the outbreak, said Mary Ellen Laurain, the health department’s spokesperson.

If she wins her race in District 8 (Franklin Square, Floral Park, Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, West Hempstead and portions of Elmont, New Hyde Park and Stewart Manor) Nadia Holubnyczyj will be the first woman to hold the seat, and the first disabled person to serve on the legislature.