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VOTERS GUIDE Long Island Voters Guide: Nov. 8, 2022, elections for New York, Nassau & Suffolk

Amanda R. Field

Amanda R. Field is running for New York State Assembly - 15th District

Amanda R. Field

AMANDA R. FIELD

DEMOCRAT

BACKGROUND:

  • Field, 46, of Old Bethpage, is a Plainview Water District commissioner. Field serves as the legislative chair of the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association and is the legislative co-chair of the Long Island Water Conference.
  • Field ran unsuccessfully last year for Oyster Bay Town supervisor. Field has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Syracuse University.
  • She is a member of the New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors Regional Planning Consortium.

ISSUES:

  • Field said that she is a “big advocate for pro-choice.”
  • She said that if elected she will “protect our safety by addressing bail reform, crime and common sense gun laws.”
  • She said she is an advocate for public education and wants to expand universal supports for students and teachers to provide equal services in all districts. 
  • Field supports capping state and school taxes “so that seniors and those just starting out can afford to live here.”

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