Politics & Government

Election 2012: Thirteenth Assembly District

A young newcomer is facing off against a 7-year incumbent.

Louis Imbroto, a 28-year-old Plainview native, is challenging Assemblyman Charles Lavine, who has held that post since 2005. 

Lavine, D-Glen Cove, is a city resident of 32 years and a former member of the Glen Cove's Planning Board and City Council. He sits on six Assembly committees: Codes, Health, Higher Education, Insurance, Judiciary and Social Services. He chairs the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Estates, Powers and Trusts.

Imbroto, a manager of policy and government affairs for the Long Island Contractors Association, has criticized Lavine for consistently voting along party lines and, most recently, for sponsoring the MTA tax.

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Both men are law school graduates. Beyond that they have little in common as far as political and professional backgrounds, as well as the obvious generational gap.

Lavine, 65, was a member of the Legal Aid Society between 1972 and 1976 before practicing law in Queens and lower Manhattan and serving as an attorney for Glen Cove's Community Development Agency and Industrial Development Agency.

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Imbroto is a founding member of the Action Long Island Young Adult Alliance and is chair of the group's transportation and government relations. He is co-chair of the Nassau County Youth Cabinet.

District

Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glenwood Landing, Bayville, Old Bethpage; parts of Glen Head, Locust Valley, Mill Neck, Oyster Bay, Centre Island, Cold Spring Harbor, Syosset, Woodbury, Plainview, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Hicksville, Westbury/New Cassel, Jericho, East Hills, Greenvale, Roslyn, Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Harbor.

Candidates

Assemblyman Charles Lavine

Louis Imbroto

News

Imbroto To Glen Cove Republicans: District Needs a Change

Lavine to Launch Campaign on Saturday


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