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On January 1, 2010, Edward P. Mangano was sworn into office as Nassau County Executive. That same day, the County Executive kept his pledge to taxpayers by repealing Nassau County’s Home Energy Tax – the equivalent of a 5% property tax reduction for homeowners. Mr. Mangano is the first County Executive to place tax dollars back in the pockets of our residents.
Since then, County Executive Mangano has focused on rebuilding Nassau County’s economy by creating jobs and putting people back to work. As a former small business owner, Ed Mangano knows firsthand the challenges New York businesses face because he has faced them too. To improve the business climate, Ed Mangano assembled a team of economic development professionals and business resource partners who are ready to assist employers who are looking to relocate or expand their business in Nassau County. The County Executive has worked tirelessly to attract homeland security jobs, along with film and television industry jobs to the former Grumman-Navy property on the eastern end of Nassau County. In doing so, the County has experienced growth in jobs and increased revenue from these industries.
Under the direction of County Executive Mangano, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has approved 13 projects that have committed to create nearly 1,300 new jobs and retain nearly 800 permanent jobs in Nassau County. According to Camoin Associates, an independent economic analysis firm, these 11 projects are estimated to generate more than $1 billion in economic activity for Nassau County.
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In an effort to prepare for jobs for the 21st Century, Ed Mangano has also made it his mission to attract green jobs and clean energy producing facilities to Nassau County, while working to clean up Brownfield sites for use by future generations.
Building on his efforts to attract new jobs and increase County revenue without raising property taxes, County Executive Mangano created the “Accelerate Nassau Now” plan. Mangano’s plan enhances the Hub’s present sports and entertainment center by addressing obstacles to redeveloping the full 77-acres site while adhering to the Town of Hempstead’s mixed-use zoning requirements for the property. The County is seeking to attract developers to privately-finance a new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, minor league ballpark, multi-purpose exposition center, multi-purpose track and field facility, a Bioscience Innovation Center, Research and Development Expo Center and residential housing options. For the first-round of funding, this plan requests an initial $7 million from Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council for design and construction of a Research and Development Expo Center on the site.
In order to boost economic development and create jobs on the western end of the County, Mangano developed a plan to establish an Indian gaming casino at Belmont Park. This plan will create thousands of financial sector jobs and significant revenue for our State, County and local community.
The development of a new sports arena, coupled with the development of Belmont Park to the west and the former Grumman-Navy property to the east, is the catalyst Nassau County needs to stimulate our economy and create jobs.
Ed Mangano believes that high taxes kill jobs. That is why Ed Mangano has held the line on County property taxes each and every year. To achieve no property tax increase budgets, the County Executive has reduced the size of government, consolidated operations and reined in spending. In fact, Mangano developed a budget that cut over $171 million in wasteful spending, reduced the County workforce to the lowest level since the 1950’s, consolidated functions and protected homeowners and employers by eliminating a 16.5 percent property tax increase planned by the prior administration. The County Executive has also implemented successful public-private partnerships that have saved residents millions of dollars. A public-private-partnership will save taxpayers over $32 million dollars annually, beginning in 2012, when government stops operating the LI Bus system and a private company takes over the day to day operations. Taxpayers are also saving nearly $6 million a year from the privatization of inmate health care services at the jail.
The County Executive faces the challenging task of fixing Nassau County’s broken property tax assessment system. This broken tax system costs the average homeowner 10 percent more annually on their county property tax bill and has resulted in $1.6 billion in debt and outstanding liabilities owed by Nassau County taxpayers. During his first year in office, County Executive Mangano garnered support from the Legislature to pass reforms that ended the “County Guarantee” which created over $1.2 billion in debt for Nassau taxpayers. The County Executive also initiated reforms that will ensure the County begins correcting assessment errors before demanding payment. Furthermore, Mangano signed an Executive Order providing certainty to homeowners and businesses by moving Nassau County from an annual to a four-year cyclical assessment system. This new system will allow the County to begin reducing the $100+ million in annual errors that waste tax dollars.
Throughout his term as County Executive, Mr. Mangano has focused on rebuilding Nassau County. Significant improvements have begun to improve County parks, roadways, Nassau Community College and other aging facilities. Although the County Executive has worked to install new playgrounds, improve athletic fields, repave streets and make improvements to sewage treatment facilities, there is still more work to be done.
Prior to becoming County Executive, Ed Mangano gained extensive experience as a County Legislator, where he served the 17th Legislative District for seven terms until leaving the position in 2009. As a Legislator, Ed helped revitalize the former Grumman Property and attract more than 15,000 jobs to the site. From establishing a Senior Citizen and Community Center, to preserving and protecting open space, Ed Mangano has always been a strong leader for Nassau residents.
Raised in Bethpage, New York, County Executive Mangano began his professional career as a janitor while putting himself through college. A graduate of Hofstra University and Hofstra School of Law, Ed Mangano was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1988. He went on to have a successful career in printing and publishing newspapers, as well as serving as counsel to Rivkin Radler, LLP for nine years. Ed also has been active in many charitable and fraternal organizations.
County Executive Ed Mangano resides in Bethpage with his wife, Linda, and two sons, Salvatore and Alexander.
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