Maureen C. O'Connell

MAUREEN C. O'CONNELL

Republican

BACKGROUND:

• O'Connell, 70, of East Williston is an attorney and registered nurse first elected to the Office of County Clerk in 2006. She also is running on the Conservative and Tax Revolt lines.
• She served in the New York State Assembly from 1998 to 2005 representing the 17th District, where she was the ranking member of the Assembly Health Committee and was a member of the Judiciary, Insurance and Ethics committees.
• She served as deputy mayor and trustee for the Incorporated Village of East Williston from 1991 to 1998. She holds a law degree from St. John's University and a bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College. She received her nursing degree from the Flushing Hospital School of Nursing.

ISSUES:

• O'Connell said she is committed to "the delivery of efficient, timely and easily accessible services to residents of Nassau County." If reelected she would continue the expansion of electronic access to county clerk services and the ongoing conversion of archival records to digital platforms, she said.
• O'Connell says she would advocate for the county to eliminate the fees imposed upon the clerk’s office by county law.
• She said she would protect residents against predatory deed scams and identity theft through a property fraud alert system.