Bruce Blakeman

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says his record in Nassau County, where he says he did not raise property or sales taxes, is the model he would bring to the whole state.[1],[2]
• Says he made Nassau "the safest county in America" and hired hundreds of new police officers, and would take that approach statewide.[1],[2]
• Pledges to cut New Yorkers' electricity bills in half by removing state fees and mandates from utility bills and expanding natural gas.[4],[5]
• Says he and running mate Sheriff Todd Hood would repeal the state's bail laws, back law enforcement and support crime victims.[6],[7]
• Says he would cut income taxes and "put New York First."[1],[8]

Background

• County Executive, Nassau County (elected 2021, re-elected 2025) · 2022–present[3],[10]
• Member, Town Council, Town of Hempstead (also served 1993–1995) · 2015–2021[3],[10]
• Commissioner, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (appointed by Gov. George Pataki) · 2001–2009[3],[10]
• Legislator and first Presiding Officer, Nassau County Legislature · 1996–1999[3],[10]
• Candidate (Republican nominee for state comptroller in 1998 and for U.S. House District 4 in 2014; ran in the 2010 U.S. Senate Republican primary), Statewide and congressional elections · 1998, 2010, 2014[10]
• Attorney, Private law practice · Dates not listed[3],[10]

Education

• B.A., Arizona State University[3],[10]
• J.D., California Western School of Law[3],[10]

Where they stand

• Public Safety
  Pledges to repeal New York's cashless bail law and to add consequences for repeat offenders. Also opposes the state's "Raise the Age" law for young offenders.[7],[16]
• Taxes
  Says he would cut state income taxes and block new income taxes, including a proposed Ulster County income tax that would need state approval. Points to eliminating a scheduled $150 million Nassau County tax increase.[8],[9],[3]
• Energy & Environment
  Wants to end New York's ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to develop natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, review and renegotiate state energy contracts including offshore wind, and end all-electric building requirements.[11],[5],[12]
• Energy & Environment
  Says he would halt battery storage facilities statewide until their safety is guaranteed, and give local governments a say in approving or rejecting large solar and battery projects.[13],[14]
• Immigration
  Opposes the state ban on local police partnerships with ICE, saying the agreements help remove people with serious criminal records. As county executive he signed an executive order declaring Nassau would not be a sanctuary county.[15],[3]
• Education
  Wants New York to opt into a new federal tax-credit program that funds scholarships for K-12 tutoring and tuition, including at private and religious schools.[17]
• Housing
  Says all-electric building requirements raise construction costs and rents and stall housing projects, and wants new buildings to be allowed to use natural gas.[12]

Voting record

Bruce Blakeman has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words