James D. Kennedy

Credit: Kathy M Helgeson

Kennedy, 54, of Massapequa, is a registered Republican and is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election. He was elected to the Nassau County Legislature in a special election in 2015 and is seeking reelection to a seventh two-year term.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, an MFA from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a master’s in childhood education from LIU Post.
Kennedy was a fifth grade teacher at Holy Child Academy in Old Westbury. He coaches sports and teaches religion classes at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Massapequa.

Kennedy said he is “most proud of the legislation raising the minimum age for purchasing vaping and tobacco products and, most recently, securing the funding for the new Massapequa Police Activity League facility.”
He said that if reelected he would make “sure our police have the resources to keep the residents of Nassau County safe.”
Kennedy said “affordability is a very important issue facing residents, and we have worked hard in the legislature to avoid property tax increases.”

Christine Barlow