Joylette E. Williams

Credit: Dawn McCormick

Williams, 55, of Hempstead, is a registered Democrat running on the Democratic Party line in the general election.
She is a tenured professor of English at Nassau Community College. She holds a B.A. in English from Johnson C. Smith University, an M.A. in English from Howard University, a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Boston University, and a PhD in English from City University of New York Graduate Center.
Williams is a trustee of the Board of Education of the Hempstead School Board, recording secretary and board member of the Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and is on the board of the Hempstead Community Land Trust.

Williams said that if elected, she would work to improve the efficiency of the Clerk’s Office, including streamlining the process for filing FOIL requests and making it easier to file passport applications and applications for permits and licenses.
She said she also would seek to digitize paper records.
Williams also said she would work to ensure the Clerk’s Office is independent from the supervisor and the town board.

Kate Murray