Ragini Srivastava, state Assembly, District 16

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.