Nicholas M. Zacchea, state Assembly 22nd District

NICHOLAS M. ZACCHEA

Republican

BACKGROUND:

• Zacchea, 81, of Floral Park is also running on the Conservative line.
• Zacchea is a career government auditor who has worked in a variety of roles including as the assistant director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office from 1990 until 1995.
• His current work includes working as an adjunct assistant economics professor at Molloy College.

ISSUES:

• Community safety is of utmost importance for Zacchea, who said the state’s recent bail reform poses a security threat to homes and neighborhoods.
• If elected, Zacchea said he will work to limit tax increases and focus on legislation to uncover government fraud and abuse and hold officials to "a rigid system of accountability."
• He said he hopes to work with law enforcement officials and the community to "defeat this inane movement to defund or eliminate the police."