<a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/elections/islip-elections-cybersecurity-overdevelopment-opioids-aqnw5lia" target="_blank">Watch our video</a> on Town of Islip election issues 
 JOHN M. LORENZO 
 Republican&nbsp; 
 BACKGROUND: 
<ul> 
 <li> Lorenzo, 48, of West Sayville, is seeking to continue his tenure as councilman representing the Town of Islip’s Fourth District. </li> 
 <li> The Islip Town Council&nbsp;appointed Lorenzo, in January 2023, to take over the seat&nbsp;formerly held&nbsp;by Mary Kate Mullen, who resigned&nbsp;to become&nbsp;a Fifth District Court judge. </li> 
 <li> He owns South Shore Abstract Inc., a title insurance company in Sayville, and&nbsp;is president of Inclusive Sports and Fitness in Holbrook. He is also&nbsp;a board member with The Neighborhood House, a nonprofit that offers support to bereaved individuals in Sayville. </li> 
</ul> 
 ISSUES: 
<ul> 
 <li> Lorenzo said that&nbsp;if elected&nbsp;he would focus on “efficiency, transparency and fiscal accountability.” </li> 
 <li> The town government needs to be more transparent with constituents, he said, and “it has to be more efficient too, because&nbsp;sometimes working with town government from the outside is a bit of a bear and requires a full-time job for some people.” </li> 
 <li> He&nbsp;also emphasized he would work with the town government&nbsp;on “changing with the times.” </li> 
</ul>

Watch our video on Town of Islip election issues JOHN M. LORENZO Republican BACKGROUND: Lorenzo, 48, of West Sayville, is seeking to continue his tenure as councilman representing the Town of Islip’s Fourth District. The Islip Town Council appointed Lorenzo, in January 2023, to take over the seat formerly held by Mary Kate Mullen, who resigned to become a Fifth District Court judge. He owns South Shore Abstract Inc., a title insurance company in Sayville, and is president of Inclusive Sports and Fitness in Holbrook. He is also a board member with The Neighborhood House, a nonprofit that offers support to bereaved individuals in Sayville. ISSUES: Lorenzo said that if elected he would focus on “efficiency, transparency and fiscal accountability.” The town government needs to be more transparent with constituents, he said, and “it has to be more efficient too, because sometimes working with town government from the outside is a bit of a bear and requires a full-time job for some people.” He also emphasized he would work with the town government on “changing with the times.”

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