Bruce Blakeman, Council Member, Town of Hempstead, 3rd District

REPUBLICAN

Blakeman, 64, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines. He is seeking his second full four-year term as Hempstead Town councilman after serving a partial term in 2015.

ISSUES:

• Blakeman said his primary achievement is having supported tax cuts in the town’s 2019 budget and its proposed 2020 budget.
• He said he has voted to boost town funding for road repairs.
• He said he has been a proponent of transit-oriented zoning, which he said would create better, smarter neighborhoods that are more accessible by foot. He said such neighborhoods make for more sustainable communities.