Mike Yacubich

Mike Yacubich 

Republican  

BACKGROUND: Yacubich, 51, of Shoreham, is a Republican who is making his first bid for office. He earned an accounting degree at Adelphi University, worked in Manhattan in corporate accounting and was controller at a Long Island manufacturing company before joining the family�s tax, accounting and financial services firm in East Islip as an accountant and financial adviser. He served a term on the Shoreham-Wading River school board and is chief of the Rocky Point Fire Department, where he�s been a member for 20 years. Before that  he was a volunteer in the Coram fire department. He is married and has three children.

ISSUES: Yacubich said his main issue is that New York is becoming unaffordable. �I have three college-age children who most likely won�t be able to come back to Long Island, and not much has been done to address these problems,� he said. �It�s getting to the point where it�s just unbearable.� He proposes using his accounting background to help find economies, and to work to reduce costs through consolidating services. �There�s plenty of money within the current $170 billion state budget � we need to reallocate it, we don�t need to increase it,� he said. Yacubich also favors term limits, with no elected officials serving longer than 12 years. �That�s more than enough time to accomplish what you need to get done and lets you have fresh faces and fresh ideas,� he said.