Conner Phillip Dunleavy

BACKGROUND

• Dunleavy, 31, of Glen Cove, is a registered Republican running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election.

• He works in the Town of Hempstead’s public relations department and is primarily involved with event planning. He majored in European history and graduated from SUNY Albany.

• Dunleavy serves on the city of Glen Cove’s planning board.

ISSUES

• Dunleavy said that if elected he wants to cut personal income taxes by exempting the first $50,000 for individuals and the first $100,000 for married couples. “When you cut taxes for the middle class … you actually increase economic activity,” he said.
• He said he would seek to end subsidies for renewable energy in favor of a free-market approach.
• Dunleavy said the state needs to end cashless bail and other recent changes to the criminal code that he said “are not allowing law enforcement and public safety officials to adequately prosecute criminals and keep people that are dangerous to our community behind bars.”