Olena Nicks

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OLENA NICKS

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Nicks, 30, of Uniondale, is seeking her first term as town supervisor. She ran for town clerk in 2021. 
• She is a financial analyst, a Uniondale firefighter and a trustee of the library and community council there. She also works with Uniondale Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization focused on creating affordable housing opportunities.
• She has a bachelor’s in business operations from CUNY Baruch and an MBA with a specialty in consulting from American University.

ISSUES:

• Nicks said she would work to address what she described as an acute housing shortage, creating a task force to evaluate opportunities for new housing in neighborhoods across the town. 
• She said some town departments should be reconfigured, citing resident complaints about building department permit requirements and difficulty getting code enforcement to respond to requests for service. 
• Town government should ease the property tax burden on homeowners by encouraging small-business development and aggressively seeking federal grants, she said.