Olena Nicks

BACKGROUND

• Nicks, 34, of Uniondale, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic party line in the general election. She represented the Second Legislative District in 2025 before redistricting. She won the Fifth District seat last November. 
• Nicks is a volunteer firefighter with the Uniondale Fire Department and was a trustee of the Uniondale Public Library. 
• She is a finance and contract analyst for a higher education institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College of the City University of New York and an MBA from American University in Washington, D.C. 

ISSUES

• Nicks said she supports ensuring that funds given to Nassau County to fight opioids are spent properly and “that it goes out to the communities that it needs to.”
• Nicks said the county must ensure police and first responders are adequately funded and that police staffing is boosted to address shortfalls in some areas. “We’re seeing a shortage of detectives right now,” she said.
• The county is experiencing low housing inventory and also an increase of homelessness, Nicks said. She wants to work with local organizations and builders “to see what some of our options are.”