Bruce A. Blakeman
What this job does: The governor runs the state government, proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills, and picks many top officials and the judges of the state's highest court. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as a team with one vote. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Nassau County Executive (since January 1, 2022)
- Occupation
- County executive; lawyer
- Lives in
- Atlantic Beach
Background
- Nassau County executive since January 2022; re-elected in 2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Hempstead Town Council member (1993 to 1995, and again from 2015 to 2021). source: en.wikipedia.org
- First presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature (served 1995 to 1999). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, appointed by Gov. George Pataki in 2001; served until 2009. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Republican nominee for state comptroller in 1998 and for the U.S. House (4th District) in 2014. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. from Arizona State University and law degree from California Western School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- "We can make New York affordable again" and "we can make it safe again" source: wamc.org
- "Real relief to homeowners and renters" on taxes source: patch.com
- "Restore law and order, cut taxes, and put New Yorkers first" source: patch.com
- Ban transgender athletes from girls' youth sports source: wamc.org
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