Candidate for New York State Senate - District 2 in 2018 New York 2018 General Election.
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In the years that have followed, he has worked to increase public protection by successfully expanding public access to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, requiring lifetime registration for sexual predators and ending the statute of limitations for rapists. Learn more
He has also been instrumental in helping the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook provide services and care to the veterans of Long Island. Learn more
He was a leader in the successful effort to ban the possession and sale of “legal” drugs like salvia divinorum, synthetic marijuana and “bath salts”. And he also worked to enact the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing (“I-STOP”) Act and include “real time” prescription tracking to provide more information to doctors and pharmacists, in an effort to prevent deaths from abuse and overdoses of prescription drugs, particularly painkillers. Learn more
Senator Flanagan has worked to expand funding for pre-kindergarten programs, has strived to make college more affordable by maintaining funding for New York State’s tuition assistance program and has supported college savings programs that allow for tax-free savings and increased deductions for future college tuition payments Learn more
Senator Flanagan has supported the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (Project SAVE) and worked to permanently extend the Child Safety Zone law which gives otherwise ineligible children access to bus service to increase safety in New York schools Learn more
Senator Flanagan successfully fought to require the Department of Environmental Conservation to disclose more information concerning toxic spills to the general public on its web site. Learn more
In 2012, Senator Flanagan led the effort to help in the fight against breast cancer by sponsoring legislation that will provide women with critically important information they need to protect their lives. Learn more
he authored legislation that grants these first responders an expanded real property tax exemption on their homes. Learn more
Repealing the onerous MTA payroll tax for 80% of businesses. Learn more
Enacting a 2% cap on local property taxes Learn more
Cutting the personal income tax to its lowest level in 50 years for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers Learn more
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