Helene Sherman, Nassau Legislator, 10th Legislative District

REPUBLICAN

Sherman, 57, of Thomaston, is running on the Republican and Conservative lines. She is an attorney.

ISSUES:

• Sherman supports exploring giving owners of vacant commercial properties tax breaks to encourage occupancy, with taxes gradually rising as a business establishes itself.
• The county must look more carefully at eliminating jobs, including patronage jobs, Sherman said.
• Sherman said there is “too much duplicative government” and supports the county looking into how to “get rid of all of these incorporated villages."