Advocacy

Legislator Kopel’s Accomplishments for Our Community

Passed a Balanced No Tax Increase Budget for 2011
Ended the Fiscal Year with a $26.6 million surplus after inheriting a $171 million deficit
Eliminated more than $171 million in wasteful spending
Removed more than $485 million in unnecessary tax burdens off the backs of working families and seniors

Began REAL Reform of the Broken Property Assessment System
Enacted 4 Year Assessment Freeze for Residential properties
Amended assessment rules to correct Commercial and Residential tax certioris faster
Ended Nassau’s habit of borrowing for tax refunds

Secured millions in funding for the long-neglected Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to upgrade, enhance, and improve its facilities
Upgraded Mill Road traffic signals to interface with computerized Nassau traffic control system
Jump-started Branch Boulevard Sidewalk Restoration Project
Began repavement of Peninsula Boulevard and also upgraded traffic signal technologies

Enhanced our community’s open space by opposing the sale of vacant, county-owned parkland in Inwood
Rehabilitating Grant Park ballfields and including artificial turf
Invested $6 million in Bay Park for athletic facility funding, with an additional 50-50 funding split with Molloy College for the largest single park investment made by Nassau in recent history
Created a $5 million Sustainable Green Energy Loan Program fund to help working families and seniors convert their homes to energy efficient residences
Took immediate action to preserve Doxy Brook in North Woodmere

Provide diligent and responsive constituent services to ALL Legislative District 7 residents
Advocate on behalf of the working families and seniors of our community in Mineola but also to other governmental entities
Feel free to contact my office if you, your family, or neighbors need assistance with any local matter