Politics & Government

Lawrence Village Board Candidate: Alex Edelman

Three people are running for two seats in an at-large election for Lawrence Village trustee on Tuesday. Terms last two years.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Lawrence Village Hall.

Alex Edelman, who is seeking office for the first time, sent the following responses to Patch’s candidate questionnaire.

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Tell us about yourself (age, town, profession, family, etc.).

My name is Alex H. Edelman, I lived in the village of Lawrence for the last 10 years, prior to that I lived in Far Rockaway for 30 years. I’m married, and have three married children and grandchildren. I am a businessman and have been for the last 40 years, I am in the healthcare field, transportation, and payroll services and real estate.

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Why are you running for the village board?

I am running as a trustee for the village, because I believe that in my vest background in business would help to assisted other members of the board with certain decisions that would be beneficial to the economics of the village.

What is your opinion of the budget that was recently passed by the village board? What you have done something differently with it?

With regards to the budget, it seems that it has been the same for the last few years with no major changes and I don't  have enough familiarity to comment on the same.

What do you think is the biggest issue facing the village?

The village of Lawrence is and will be facing infrastructures issues, ie drainage problems, lighting problems, sewer systems, clean water etc...

What is the village’s greatest strength and weakness?

The village of Lawrence is a most beautiful place to live, the streets and homes are well kept and generally speaking very safe. Some of the weakness are the long-term maintenance issues that we will have to deal with as the infrastructure ages.

If you are elected, what is the one thing you’d like to see accomplished during your term?

If I am elected, I would like to accomplish some of the issues that I spoke about earlier, ie  sanitation security/lighting, traffic issues on Rockaway Turnpike and 878, improving our emergency evacuation system etc...

Would you like to add anything else?

In closing, I would like to say that the Village of Lawrence is a great place to live, however, there are individual issues that concern different people in different parts of the village that could stand some improvements.


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