Nassau County Legislator, 7th District: Howard J. Kopel
Howard J. Kopel, Republican and Conservative incumbent candidate for the Nassau County Legislature's 7th District, at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on June 26. Credit: James Escher
HOWARD J. KOPEL
Republican
BACKGROUND:
- Kopel, 72, of Lawrence, an attorney and the legislature’s deputy presiding officer, seeks an eighth term. He is the chairman of the legislature's finance committee.
- He is the founder and CEO of a title insurance and real estate services company based in Valley Stream.
- He received his bachelor’s in political science from Brooklyn College and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
ISSUES:
- Kopel said he supports fiscal responsibility in order to lower taxes and would advocate for increased state and federal support for county infrastructure.
- His top priorities are maintaining a “suburban quality of life,” including pushing back against dense housing, addressing opioid abuse through legislation and funding education.
- He serves on a committee that seeks to reduce racial and religious hate crimes and hopes to continue to advance anti-bias crime legislation.
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