Charles D. Lavine

CHARLES D. LAVINE

DEMOCRAT

BACKGROUND:

• Lavine, 75, of Glen Cove, is running for reelection to the Assembly seat that he has held for 18 years.
• He also is running on the Working Families Party.
• He is chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and is president of the New York chapter of the National of Jewish Legislators and also a member of its national board.
• He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his undergraduate degree and New York Law School for his law degree.

ISSUES:

• A top priority for Lavine is to secure women’s rights and access to reproductive health care by passing the New York State Equal Rights Amendment a second time in 2023 so that it goes to the voters in 2024 in a referendum.
• Lavine wants to stimulate economic growth through investments in scientific research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Northwell Health.
• He also wants the state to invest in protecting Long Island’s aquifer and to reduce carbon emissions to protect the environment.