Philip R. Ramos, state Assembly 6th District

PHILIP R. RAMOS

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Ramos, 64, of North Bay Shore, is also running on the Working Families and Independence party lines and seeking his 10th term in office.
• He is a retired Suffolk County Police detective. He attended Suffolk County Community College and graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy. He also worked as a therapy aide at the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center and later became an Emergency Medical Technician.
• He was the first Hispanic elected deputy majority leader of the state Assembly in 2015.

ISSUES:

• Ramos sponsored a bill supporting early retirement to save school district money and wants to increase the aid for Brentwood and Central Islip Schools
• Ramos wants improved infrastructure by rebuilding Roberto Clemente Park to include a spray park, $2 million in improvements and $125,000 to install cameras and a security system, construction of a skate facility $250,000.
• He also wants to make improvements to Ross Park, Vasquez Park, the Central Islip Senior Center, and construction of a pavilion and event-based structure for the Brentwood Downtown with a new landscape, fencing, cameras and security system $655,000.