Voters Guide: NEW YORK STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 6: James L. Coll

JAMES L. COLL

REPUBLICAN

BACKGROUND:

• Coll, 50, of Seaford, is also running on the Conservative line.
• Coll retired in 2018 after serving 21 years as a police officer and detective in the NYPD.
• He is an adjunct professor of American and constitutional history at Nassau Community College.
• He lectures to library and community groups on U.S. Constitution and history topics.

ISSUES:

• Coll said that his number one issue is crime, and that if elected he would fight to repeal the cashless bail law, to “return to judges the power to determine the dangerousness of suspects.”
• Citing recent scandals involving state elected officials, he pledged “adherence to the oath of office and the rule of law ahead of any other agenda when I get to Albany.”
• He said he would oppose “reckless and wasteful spending” on what he called “foolish pet projects” such as the construction of a $1 billion stadium in Buffalo.
• He is also opposed to state tax increases that he said are causing young people and retirees to relocate in “more welcoming and less burdensome” states.