Bernadin Fleurima, County Legislator, Third Legislative District

Bernadin Fleurima

Republican

Background

• Bernadin Fleurima, 53, of Valley Stream, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines. He immigrated to the United States from Haiti in 1990.

• Fleurima currently serves as pastor of Shalom Ministries Foundation Seventh Day Adventist in Valley Stream.

• Fleurima’s career has focused on helping those in need, particularly with housing issues and those battling substance abuse.

ISSUES

• Fleurima supports allocating special funding from the county’s recent opioid settlements toward treating those fighting drug addiction.

• He wants to build relationships between police and community in the Third District.

• Fleurima would use the county’s budget surplus to deliver tax cuts to residents who are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Robert Brodsky

robert.brodsky@newsday.com@BrodskyRobert

Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.