Douglas J. Segan

BACKGROUND

• Segan, 72, of Woodmere, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic party line in the general election.
• He has been an emergency room physician for more than 40 years in the Five Towns area and is an assistant professor at Hofstra Northshore-LIJ Zucker School of Medicine.
• Segan has a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and a doctorate from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

ISSUES

• Segan said that if elected he would work to make Nassau County affordable through fair property tax assessments, reduce wasteful spending and protect STAR and veterans' exemptions.
• He pledged to support funding for first responders and public safety capital projects. 
• Segan said he wants to improve roads, including addressing traffic on West Broadway and flooding on Rockaway Turnpike. He said he will make a list of capital projects for District 7 and work with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to improve Long Island Rail Road service.