James Lamarre, Council Member, Town of Hempstead, 1st District

JAMES LAMARRE

Republican

BACKGROUND:

• Lamarre, 45, of West Hempstead, is also running on the Conservative Party line.

• He is the owner and president of County Cleaners Corp., a commercial cleaning company.

• Lamarre has volunteered with All the Way 100 Percent, a nonprofit organization, which provides community assistance to individuals in need.

ISSUES:

• Lamarre said he wants to hold the line on taxes and supports the town board's proposal for tax cuts. He said he wants to dedicate a greater portion of budget funding for services in the first district, including Hempstead, Uniondale and Roosevelt.

• Lamarre said he wants to focus on allocating funds to improve roads and parks in the district.

• He said he wants to dedicate federal COVID-19 funding for small businesses after seeing the difficulties of running a business during the pandemic. Lamarre also wants to increase more COVID-19 testing and vaccines to hard-hit communities in the district.

By John Asbury

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