Karen Bhatia
Karen Bhatia is running for Nassau County Legislator, 18th District
BACKGROUND
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Karen Bhatia, 49, of Roslyn Heights, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic Party line in the general election.
- She has worked as a tech strategist for the New York City Economic Development Corporation and is a professor at Stanford University’s New York program and a visiting practitioner at Cornell Tech.
- Bhatia graduated from Stanford University. She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and a juris doctorate from George Washington Law University.
ISSUES
- Bhatia said she aims to modernize government, such as creating updated websites, to improve efficiencies of government services.
- She said she wants to address cost-of-living expenses in part by reducing the fees Nassau County charges residents, along with revamping the county’s property tax assessment system.
- She said she wants to improve infrastructure that contributes to dangerous road conditions, unsafe drinking water and high bacteria levels along Long Island’s shorelines.
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