Kim Keiserman

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Keiserman, 55, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic party line in the general election. She is a commissioner for the North Hempstead Housing Authority.
She was a high school social studies teacher in Jersey City and East Norwich and later was an education consultant for the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, a group that fights religious prejudice.
Keiserman has a bachelor’s degree in government and a master’s of arts and education from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Keiserman said that if elected she plans to tackle affordability concerns by providing tax relief to low-income seniors and expanding housing around transit hubs.
She said she wants to strengthen stormwater infrastructure, upgrade water and sewer systems and clean up plastic waste.
Keiserman said her top public safety goals are confronting the rise of hate and anti-Semitism, improving red flag laws that allow authorities to seize firearms from someone they think poses a danger and the safe storage of guns.

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