Albertson is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County,on Long Island,in New York,United States. The population was 5,220 at the time of the 2020 census.
East Williston is an incorporated village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County,on Long Island,in New York,United States. The population was 2,645 at the time of the 2020 census.
Williston Park is an incorporated village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County,on Long Island,in New York,United States. The population was 7,591 at the time of the 2020 census.
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature,while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York,its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate Majority Leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Thomas Richard Suozzi is an American politician,attorney,and accountant serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district since 2024 and previously from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the county executive of Nassau County on Long Island from 2002 to 2009,when he was unseated by Republican Ed Mangano. Before that,Suozzi served eight years as the mayor of Glen Cove in Nassau County.
New York's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the State of New York. It is represented by Democrat Tom Suozzi,after a special election was held on February 13,2024,to replace expelled Republican George Santos. The election was called for Suozzi by the Associated Press about an hour after the polls closed.
Thomas Peter DiNapoli is an American politician serving as the 54th and current New York State Comptroller since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,he was appointed by a bipartisan majority of the New York State Legislature to the position of comptroller on February 7,2007. He was then elected Comptroller by New York's voters in 2010,2014,2018 and 2022. In his 2014 victory,he led the statewide ticket with the most votes. He was easily reelected to a third term in November 2018,receiving 64.9% of the vote. In 2022,he secured his fourth term in office,receiving 57% of the vote. He is the second longest-serving comptroller in New York State History.
Charles D. Lavine is a member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 13th district,which includes portions of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County. First elected in 2004,Lavine is a Democrat.
Craig M. Johnson is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the New York State Senate for the 7th district.
Lee Michael Zeldin is an American attorney,politician,and officer in the United States Army Reserve. A member of the Republican Party,he represented New York's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. He represented the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County,including most of Smithtown,all of Brookhaven,Riverhead,Southold,Southampton,East Hampton,Shelter Island,and a small part of Islip. From 2011 to 2014,Zeldin served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district.
The 2010 New York state elections took place on November 2,2010. Due to the special election for US Senate,all of New York's six statewide offices were up for popular election on the same date. At the same time,all 29 members from New York of the U.S. House of Representatives,all 212 members of the New York State legislature,and many other local officials were elected.
Edward P. Mangano is an American former politician and disbarred attorney from the state of New York. A Republican,he was the Nassau County Executive from January 2010 to December 2017,and a former legislator in Nassau County,New York. He was elected in 1995 and served seven terms as a county legislator. In November 2009,he defeated incumbent Thomas R. Suozzi for Nassau County Executive. In November 2013,he was re-elected,again defeating Suozzi,by 59% to 41%.
Todd Kaminsky is an American attorney,lobbyist,and former politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he was a member of the New York State Senate representing the 9th district,which is based on the South Shore of Long Island. He was the Democratic nominee for Nassau County District Attorney in 2021 but lost the general election to Anne Donnelly by a landslide.
The 2018 New York gubernatorial election occurred on November 6,2018. Incumbent Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo won re-election to a third term,defeating Republican Marc Molinaro and several minor party candidates. Cuomo received 59.6% of the vote to Molinaro's 36.2%.
Anna Kaplan is an Iranian-American politician from Great Neck,New York. A Democrat,she was a member of the New York State Senate,representing New York's 7th State Senate district,which runs from the North Shore to roughly the central part of Western Nassau County on Long Island. She was a member of the so-called "Long Island Six," a group of six Democrats who represent Long Island in the New York State Senate and often vote as a block. She was elected in 2018 as part of a wave of Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents and brought control of the New York Senate to the Democrats for only the third time since World War II. She lost re-election in 2022 to Jack Martins.
Elaine Phillips is an American politician who currently serves as Nassau County Comptroller,with a term beginning in January 2022. She was elected to the position in a landslide victory,defeating Democrat Ryan Cronin 61%-39% to succeed retiring incumbent Jack Schnirman. Phillips previously represented the New York State Senate's 7th district,and had previously served as the 18th Mayor of Flower Hill,New York. She is a Republican. Phillips was elected to the Senate in 2016 but was defeated in her 2018 re-election bid.
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority is a New York State public-benefit corporation created to assist Nassau County,a suburban county adjacent to the city of New York on Long Island,emerge from a financial and debt crisis that began in the late 1990s. As of the start of 2022,NIFA,as it is known,was still in place and still supervising Nassau's finances under a control period that resumed in 2011 after a three-year hiatus.
James F. Gaughran is an American attorney and politician from Suffolk County,New York,who served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 5th district. The district is located around the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County,encompassing the town of Huntington and the northern part of the town of Oyster Bay. Gaughran is a member of the Democratic Party.
Michael John LiPetri is a Republican attorney and politician from New York State who served as a New York State Assemblyman from the 9th district,until his term expired at the end of 2020. Located on the South Shore of Long Island,the district includes several communities including Massapequa,Massapequa Park and South Farmingdale in Nassau County and West Babylon,Babylon village,West Islip and part of Brightwaters in Suffolk County,as well as several barrier islands in the Great South Bay.
Mazi Melesa Pilip is an American politician in the Nassau County Legislature representing the 10th district. A Republican,she is an Ethiopian Jew who immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old,and later served as a gunsmith in the Israel Defense Forces. After her IDF service,she attended college at the University of Haifa and graduate school at Tel Aviv University. She immigrated to the United States in 2005.
