Laura Curran

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Laura Curran (2018)

Laura Curran (born December 31, 1967 in St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada ) is an American politician . She is a member of the Democratic Party and since January 1, 2018 "County Executive" of Nassau County , New York State . She is the first woman in this position. Before starting her political career, Curran worked as a reporter for various New York daily newspapers.

Life

Laura Curran was born in St. Catharines in the southeastern Canadian province of Ontario and grew up in Baldwin , a small town within the Town of Hempstead in the US state of New York. At Sarah Lawrence College she received her Bachelor of Arts . Prior to her political career, Curran worked as a newspaper reporter for the New York Daily News and the New York Post . Laura Curran was a member of the Baldwin Board of Education from 2011 to 2014 and served in the Nassau County Legislature from 2014 to 2017 .

Laura Curran is married with three daughters and lives with her family in North Baldwin.

Political career

Laura Curran during a 2018 press conference

In 2014 Laura Curran became a member of the Fifth District Representation for the cities of South Hempstead, Baldwin, Freeport, Merrick, Oceanside, and Rockville Center in the Nassau County Legislature, where she worked on public safety, finance, and development. On September 12, 2017, Curran was selected in an intra-party primary against George Maragos as the Democratic candidate for the election of Nassau County Executive in November that year. In this election, she won just under 51 percent of the vote against the Republican candidate and former Mayor of Mineola , Jack Martins .

On January 1, 2018 Laura Curran was the governor of New York , Andrew Cuomo , in front of the Old Nassau County Courthouse sworn into office. It replaced the Republican Ed Mangano , who did not run again due to an impending corruption process. As one of her first acts, she named Patrick Ryder head of the Nassau County Police Department. This served the goal of better crime fighting and lowering the crime rate.

In March 2018, Curran issued a tax bill clearing ordinance and signed a bill to revaluate the tax brackets of all properties within Nassau County through 2019. The tax register was frozen under Curran's predecessor in 2011, resulting in a property tax shift of around 1.7 billion US dollars. She also presented a proposal according to which homeowners were promised tax breaks under certain conditions. When she took office, Curran was also faced with a rising number of drug deaths in Nassau County. At the beginning of her tenure, Nassau County introduced the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area System. As a result, the number of fatal overdoses has decreased by 32 percent.

During her election campaign, Laura Curran promised to have the county executive's name removed from all signs and welcome signs in Nassau County if she was elected. Curran had criticized the signs as self-promotion and a waste of taxes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Meet Laura Curran. curranfornassau.com , accessed on June 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Lisa W. Foderaro: In New York Suburbs, Democrats Flip Two County Executive Seats. New York Times , November 8, 2017, accessed June 15, 2019.
  3. ^ A b Lisa W. Foderaro: From Bylines to Bylaws, Laura Curran Makes Leap to Politics. New York Times , December 8, 2017, accessed June 15, 2019.
  4. ^ County Executive Biography. Nassau County, archived from the original on March 30, 2019 ; accessed on June 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Kenneth Lovett: Nassau County executive candidate hires de Blasio's campaign consultants and firm behind famous Dante ad. New York Daily News September 24, 2017, archived from the original on June 29, 2018 ; accessed on June 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ Frank Rizzo: Laura Curran and Laura Gillen Triumph On Election Night. Long Island Weekly, November 10, 2017, accessed June 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Robert Brodsky: Laura Curran sworn in as Nassau County executive in outdoor ceremony. Newsday January 1, 2018, archived from the original on June 29, 2018 ; accessed on June 16, 2019 .
  8. ^ Robert Brodsky: Curran taps Ryder as Nassau Police chief. Newsday January 23, 2018; archived from the original on January 24, 2018 ; accessed on June 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Candice Ferette, Scott Eidler: Nassau lawmakers approve assessment contracts. Newsday March 12, 2018, archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 16, 2019 .
  10. ^ Nassau police see decline in opioid overdoses . News 12 Long Island, April 16, 2018, accessed June 15, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Curran, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, County Executive of Nassau County
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada