RAGINI SRIVASTAVA

Republican

BACKGROUND:

  • Srivastava, 46, of Manhasset Hills, has previously run for North Hempstead Town Council. She is also running on the Conservative and Independence party lines.

  • In 2013, she opened her first frozen yogert business in Nassau County.

  • Srivastava and her husband immigrated to New York from India in 2001, first residing in Queens, and in 2013 moved to Manhasset Hills.

ISSUES

  • On safety, Srivastava wants to repeal the bail reform bill and doesn’t want police agencies to get defunded.

  • Srivastava said that the state government should be helping small businesses to safely reopen.

  • On taxes, Srivastava said property taxes should not be increased but instead be better managed.

Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, of Bay Shore, was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His mother has made it her mission to aid active-duty service members, veterans, first responders and Gold Star families. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Randee Daddona; Photo credit: Cathy Heighter

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, of Bay Shore, was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His mother has made it her mission to aid active-duty service members, veterans, first responders and Gold Star families. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Randee Daddona; Photo credit: Cathy Heighter

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

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