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Michael Vanunu

Democratic · New York · 2026

Running for Nassau County Legislature, District 12, New York

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Affordability: back the South Nassau Water Authority's acquisition of Liberty Water and move toward a fairer, more transparent property assessment process that ends the yearly need to file tax grievances
  • Safety: fully staff and fund the Nassau County Police Department and train officers
  • Support local small businesses by reducing county-level costs and regulatory burdens, and root out fraud, waste and abuse in county spending
Biography

A partner at the law firm Rivkin Radler LLP, where he has handled complex fraud cases for eight years, per his campaign site. He was an Assistant District Attorney in Queens, has taught at Hofstra University and New York Law School, and serves on the executive board of the Merrick Jewish Centre, per the same site. A Nassau native and St. John's University School of Law graduate, he lives in the district with his wife and three children, per the site.

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