Mazi Melesa Pilip

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Pilip, 47, of Great Neck, is a registered Republican and is running on the Republican and Conservative lines. She has represented Nassau’s 10th legislative district since 2022.
She was born in Ethiopia, grew up in Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces. She moved to the U.S. about 20 years ago and has lived in Great Neck for the past 15 years.
She has a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of Haifa and a master’s degree in diplomacy and security from Tel Aviv University.

Pilip said her main focus is fighting hate and antisemitism, pointing to measures she passed to ban the wearing of masks in public and barring people from getting too close to houses of worship to intimidate people coming to pray.
She called safety her "number one concern." She said she is "a big supporter of our law enforcement" and credited police with making Nassau "the safest county in the country."
Pilip said that the county has not raised taxes in the past five years and that she plans to keep taxes down as living costs rise.

Skylar A. Epstein