Supervisor, Town of Southampton: Cynthia M. McNamara
Cynthia M. McNamara, Republican candidate for Southampton Town supervisor, poses for a portrait at the party's countywide designating convention held at the Courtyard by Marriott MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher
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CYNTHIA M. MCNAMARA
Republican
BACKGROUND:
- McNamara, 45, of East Quogue, was elected as a Southampton Town councilwoman in 2021.
- She owns a landscaping company with her husband, Dan, and served on the East Quogue School District Board of Education from 2014 until 2017.
- As a member of the East Quogue Citizen Advisory Committee, she advocated to extend public water mains in East Quogue after perfluorinated compounds were detected in private wells.
ISSUES:
- McNamara said she proposes to bring town government “back to basics” by focusing on increasing services for residents, improving infrastructure and supporting the police department.
- She said housing and traffic remain two key issues. “It’s about solving these issues, but keeping the regional or the local character intact,” she said.
- She said state lawmakers increasingly are trying to get into local decision making, such as housing zoning, and that she would “push back on that.”
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