49th City Council District

 

CANDIDATES

  

Jody Hall
[ R ]

Michael E. McMahon
[ D, C, WF ]

  

 

Michael E. McMahon

Democratic
Conservative
Working Families

Party enrolled in: Democratic

Occupation: I have proudly served as the City Councilman representing the North Shore of Staten Island since January 2002, I also serve as a partner in the law firm of O’Leary, McMahon & Spero

Occupational background: My experience serving the people of Staten Island began assisting Assemblyman Eric Vitaliano and later Assemblywoman Elizabeth Connelly before becoming a community liaison for my predecessor Councilman Jerome X. O’Donovan

Educational background: Graduated New York University before getting my JD in Law at New York Law School

Organizational affiliations: Randall Manor Civic Association, Friends of Allison Pond Park, counsel to the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation and former board member of Staten Island Meals on Wheels

Prior public experience: In addition to assisting Assemblyman Eric Vitaliano and later Assemblywomen Elizabeth Connelly, I served as Randall Manor Civic Association President

 

 

1. What is the most important issue in Council District 49 you would address if elected?

The ravages of overdevelopment have affected every part of Staten Island’s quality of life. School overcrowding, traffic, lack of health and public safety services and access to them can all be traced to the population explosion and unplanned growth we have undergone here on Staten Island in the last two decades.

That is why I have worked diligently, not only to build class room space, press for and realize additional police, fire and greater health services, but to downzone communities preserving their character, acquire open space for public use, have been recognized for my historic preservation efforts and serve on the Growth Management Taskfoce ensuring a stronger Hillside Preservation and Special Natural Areas Law as well as keeping a constant vigilance over Buildings Department rulings that adversely affect our Island.

 

2. What other important issues would you address if elected?

As the Council’s Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Chairman, I have championed recycling and will continue to press for environmentally sound policy. For the people of Staten Island, I have increased ferry and express bus service, placed computers in every North Shore school and will continue advocating for Staten Island’s fair share of transportation, public safety and education dollars.

 

3. What makes you the best candidate for this office?

I am very proud of what we have been able to accomplish. My experience and dedication to the job of serving Staten Island has rewarded me me more than I could ever imagine. I look forward to the challenges of making Staten Island and even better place to live and raise a family should my neighbors see fit to returning me as their voice in City Hall

 

(Reprinted as supplied by the candidate.)

 

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PARTY KEY
C = Conservative
D = Democratic
EP = Education Party
G = Green
I = Independence
L = Liberal
LBT = Libertarian
R = Republican
REB = Rebuild Party
REF = Reform Party
RNY = Reform Pary of N.Y. Party
RTD = Rent is Too Damn High Party
SCS = Smaller Class Size Party
SW = Socialist Workers Party
VOP = Voice of the People
WF = Working Families
WVP = War Veterans Party
     

 

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