Nassau County is a suburban county located on Long Island,immediately to the east of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census,Nassau County's population was 1,395,774 with one police department,making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York,and reflecting an increase of 56,242 (+4.2%) from the 1,339,532 residents enumerated at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Mineola,while the county's largest town is Hempstead.
The town of Hempstead,historically known as South Hempstead,is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County in the U.S. state of New York. It occupies the southwestern part of the county,on the western half of Long Island. Twenty-two incorporated villages are completely or partially within the town. The town's combined population was 793,409 at the 2020 census which is the majority of the population of the county and by far the largest of any town in the United States.
Thomas Richard Suozzi is an American politician,attorney and accountant who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2023. His district included part of the North Shore of Long Island.
Kathleen Maura Rice is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before serving in Congress,Rice served as the Nassau County district attorney,and,before that,she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.
John James Faso Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district from 2017 to 2019. Faso was first elected to the post in 2016. A Republican,Faso previously represented the 102nd district in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 2002 and served as Assembly Minority Leader from 1998 to 2002. Faso ran for New York State Comptroller in 2002 and for Governor of New York in 2006,but did not prevail in either race. He was defeated for re-election to Congress in November 2018 by Democrat Antonio Delgado.
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.
The Nassau County Police Department is the law enforcement agency of Nassau County,New York.
Long Island,as a major region of New York State,has a significant impact on state and national politics. On the local level,the Republican Party is slightly more popular on Long Island.
Edward P. Mangano is an American felon and former politician 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%.
Thomas Westerman Wolf is an American politician and businessman who served as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as chairman and CEO of his business,The Wolf Organization,and later as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from April 2007 to November 2008.
Bruce Arthur Blakeman is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the 10th County Executive of Nassau County,New York. He was elected in the 2021 election,defeating Democratic incumbent Laura Curran. He previously served as the commissioner for the New York-New Jersey Port Authority as well as a Nassau County legislator and Hempstead town councilman.
Brian F. Curran is an American politician from Lynbrook,New York. Curran was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2010. His district includes parts of Lynbrook,Valley Stream,Rockville Centre,South Hempstead and portions of Baldwin,Oceanside,East Rockaway,Malverne and North Lynbrook. He was defeated by Judy Griffin of Rockville Centre in the November,2018 general election. In 2022,he won his old seat back by defeating Griffin in a rematch.
Joaquim "Jack" M. Martins is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate for the 7th district. A Republican,he previously served as mayor of Mineola,New York.
George Maragos was the 13th Comptroller of Nassau County,New York,USA. He was first elected in 2009 for a four-year term and was re-elected in 2013 for a second four-year term.
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 2022 but was defeated.
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.
The Cannabis Law legalizes recreational cannabis in New York. It is chapter 7-A of the Consolidated Laws of New York,and was originally enacted by the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act on March 31,2021 but has since been amended.
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.
Sean Scanlon is an American politician who is the current Comptroller of Connecticut. Scanlon previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 98th district.
