Receiver of taxes, Town of North Hempstead: Mary Jo Collins
Mary Jo Collins, Republican and Conservative candidate for North Hempstead Town receiver of taxes, at Nassau County GOP headquarters in Westbury on March 31. Credit: James Escher
- Collins, 67, of Port Washington, is seeking her first term as receiver of taxes for the Town of North Hempstead.
- She has been a trustee for the Village of Flower Hill since 2020 and has worked in the finance industry for 40 years, working for several Wall Street firms.
- She graduated from Douglass College at Rutgers University and holds a master’s from Teachers College at Columbia University.
- Collins said she will work to make paying taxes more convenient for residents and will prioritize expanding communication channels for taxpayers.
- She said among her top priorities is presenting tax relief seminars that advise homeowners on how to lower their taxes through exemptions and property assessment challenges.
- She said she plans to work with the town supervisor to cut taxes.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
