Dawn Marie Sharrock, County Legislator, 4th Legislative District

DAWN M. SHARROCK

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Sharrock, 46, of Selden, has spent six years on the Middle Country school board, including serving as chairperson of the legislative committee. She also is running on the Working Families Party line.
• She's also on the executive committee of the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Assocation.
• She's a board member of Reform Educational Financing Inequities Today, a consortium of school districts supporting equitable school funding.

ISSUES:

• Sharrock said her priorities include ensuring union jobs and growing the apprenticeship program.
• She believes there should be comprehensive access to mental health services.
• She said she will fight for small businesses to provide them with "infrastructure and assistance to not only survive but thrive."

By Mark Harrington

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