Bridget Fleming Confirms Re-Election Bid
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming, a former member of the Southampton Town Board, announced on Friday her intention to seek re-election to the Legislature for a second two-year term.
In a release on Friday Ms. Fleming, a Democrat, referred to her advocacy for East End interests including clean water, preservation of natural resources, battling tick-borne diseases and opioid use, and promoting economic development.
She touted initiatives including the securing of $2.5 million in capital spending for water quality and infrastructure, which includes earmarks for a pump-out station at the Shinnecock Canal, stormwater improvements at the Riverside roundabout and Lake Agawam in Southampton, marine education and aquaculture at the Tiana Lifesaving Station, and the first-of-its-kind nitrogen removing sanitary system at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island.
She also referred to funding for restoration of the Cedar Island Lighthouse, a pedestrian safety study for County Road 39, and construction of the Riverside roundabout.
"Serving in county government offers the opportunity for regional solutions on behalf of multiple towns to support and improve our community," Ms. Fleming said in a statement. "I will continue to look for opportunities to strengthen our economy, protect our precious and fragile environment, keep our people healthy, and draw on my experience as a fraud prosecutor to ensure that government handles your tax dollars wisely and efficiently."
She serves on the Legislature's environment, planning and agriculture, health, public safety, publics works, transportation and energy, and ways and means committees. She is chairwoman of the latter committee.
Ms. Fleming's district, the Second Legislative District, comprises the South Fork from Montauk to Moriches and Shelter Island.
In addition to the Democratic Party, Ms. Fleming, who lives in Noyac, is supported by the Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality Parties.
She will face the Republican candidate Heather Collins, who ran for State Assembly in 2014 and 2016. Election Day is Nov. 7.