Voters Guide: New York State Assembly, District 5: Douglas M. Smith

REPUBLICAN

• Smith, 32, of Holbrook, seeks a third full term, backed by the Conservative Party.
• He got his bachelor’s in teaching math from St. John’s College, then was hired at Sachem schools before working as chief of staff for then-Assemb. Al Graf (R-Holbrook). He also had a web design company.
• He was appointed this year to the legislature’s Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority, where he plans to bring ideas on lowering electricity cost.

• Expanding sewage infrastructure, possibly with a new treatment plant, are crucial to cleaning Lake Ronkonkoma’s waters and helping downtowns grow. 
• He would accelerate a 10-year plan to design safety measures along Route 25, one of Long Island’s two most dangerous roads in recent years.
• He wants to continue the pandemic era’s free school lunches for every student and touts work that pushed through $11 million for security vestibules to screen visitors at the Sachem district. 
• He said his lobbying helped boost funding to repave the Long Island Expressway, from $55 million to $81 million.