Michael A. Durso

BACKGROUND

• Durso, 44, of Massapequa Park, is running on the Republican Party line and is seeking reelection to a third term representing the 9th Assembly District, which covers much of Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Farmingdale, Babylon, West Babylon, North Babylon and a small part of Lindenhurst and West Islip. 
• Durso was a sanitation worker for Oyster Bay Town from 2005 until after his election in 2019, and had worked part time as a public safety officer at Hofstra University. 
• He was also a labor union negotiator or shop steward when he held those jobs. 

ISSUES

• Durso said that since being elected he has pushed for increasing training in the trades, BOCES, apprenticeships and career and technical education programs and .
• He said he advocates for reducing crime by punishing lawbreakers and tightening bail laws. 
• Durso said funding should go toward universal free lunches for schoolchildren instead of for migrants in New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.