Sarah S. Anker

SARAH S. ANKER

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Anker, 57, of Mount Sinai, is seeking her seventh term, including a partial term after winning a special election in 2011. She also is running on the Working Families Party line.
• Before serving in the Legislature, she had been energy director for the Town of Brookhaven, where she developed solar programs and promoted clean energy and green homes technologies. She also had served on the Mount Sinai school board.
• Anker graduated from Pasco High School in Dade City, Florida, and received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts in 1986 from St. Leo University in Dade City, Florida. She took graphic design courses at New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury.

ISSUES:

• Anker said public safety is her "top priority," including traffic safety, public health and enforcing environmental laws.
• She said she would focus on quality of life improvements, such as developing walking and biking paths and a community park in the Longwood community.
• She said she wants to use county surplus funds to pay down debt and boost programs for mental health, drug abuse prevention and treatment, energy efficiency, infrastructure, veterans and seniors, and environmental law enforcement.