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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
American politician (born 1994)
Joshua Alexander Lafazan (born January 29, 1994) is an American politician and a former member of the Nassau County Legislature from the 18th district. When elected to the Syosset School Board in 2012, he was the youngest elected official in New York State . He was a candidate to become the Democratic nominee for New York's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 United States House of Representatives election .
Education
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Lafazan attended Nassau Community College and received the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.[1] Lafazan attended Cornell University for his Bachelor of Science degree and Harvard University for his Master of Education degree.[2] He is pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[3]
Career
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As a high school senior at Syosset High School , he started a volunteer rideshare program to prevent drunk driving to drive teenagers home safely.[4] [5]
During the latter part of his senior year of high school, Lafazan campaigned for a trustee position on the Syosset Board of Education. In May 2012, he won with 82 percent of the vote.[6] He was the first high school student elected to the school board[7] and upon his election, the youngest elected official in New York State .[8] He was re-elected to the board in 2015 for another three-year term.[9] Lafazan resigned from his position on the school board in 2017 after becoming an elected legislator, as required by county charter.[10]
Lafazan was named on the Long Island Press Power List of the 50 most influential people on Long Island in 2012.[11] He published Political Gladiators: How Millennials Can Navigate the 21st Century Political Minefield and WIN! in November 2015, a book about the experiences of other politicians who were elected at a young age.[12]
In 2017, Lafazan ran for the Nassau County Legislature 's 18th district against incumbent Republican Donald MacKenzie[13] and won with 56 percent of the vote.[14] Lafazan was re-elected to the county legislature in 2019 and 2021.[15] In both elections he also accepted the ballot line of the New York Conservative Party .[16] As a county legislator, Lafazan authored and passed "Timothy's Law" in August 2018, which established a county hotline for substance abuse intervention. Related legislation would create a smartphone application with resources for substance abuse, such as treatment center locations.[17] His proposed "Dignity for Heroes" package marked veterans as a protected status under the county's human rights law.[18]
Lafazan teaches a course on how to run for public office as a young candidate as adjunct professor at Long Island University .[19] [20]
In 2020 Lafazan accepted at least $50,000 in loans from billionaire investor Bryan Lawrence to make tuition payments; his 2022 opponent Robert Zimmerman sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission requesting a probe over the loan.[21] [22]
In December 2021, Lafazan announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 race for New York's 3rd congressional district .[23] [24] [25] He committed to term limits for the US Congress.[26] Lafazan courted, and received substantial support from, cryptocurrency interests including Sam Bankman-Fried 's Protect Our Future .[16] [27] [28] He came in third in the primary.[29]
In November 2023, Lafazan lost his re-election bid for the Nassau County Legislature to his Republican challenger, Samantha A Goetz.[30] [31]
References
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^ "Meet Josh" . www.joshlafazan.com .
^ "Syosset Student Provides 'Saferide' Home" . Syosset, NY Patch . December 15, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ Svitak, Adora (2020), Speak Up!: Speeches by young people to empower and inspire , White Lion Publishing, ISBN 9781781319505
^ "Syosset Votes 18-Year-Old to School Board" . Syosset, NY Patch . May 16, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "Syosset's youngest trustee: 'Feeling great' " . Newsday . May 16, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "New Syosset School Board Member Is NY's Youngest Elected Official" . CBS New York. May 16, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "Results of the 2015-2016 budget vote, and school board election" . Syosset Schools . May 19, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "Lafazan resigns from Syosset ed board - The Island Now" . The Island Now . January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
^ "Joshua Lafazan, Syosset School Board Member" . Long Island Press . Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ " 'Political Gladiators' book offers tips to Millennials" . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "23-year-old to run for Nassau Legislature" . Newsday . Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "Election Results" . Nassau County, NY - Official Website . Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
^ "Oyster Bay Election: Council Members Pledge 'Honest Government' " . Oyster Bay, NY Patch . November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
^ a b Ahlman, Austin. "With Progressives Split, Rep. Josh Gottheimer May Be Gaining a New Ally in Congress" . The Intercept . Retrieved April 15, 2023 .
^ "New bills support treatment access for substance abusers in Nassau County" . Long Island Herald – Glen Head . Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
^ "Dignity For Heroes: Long Island Lawmaker Pushes For Bill Protecting Veterans From Homelessness" . CBS Local . April 3, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
^ "Nassau lawmaker goes back to school as professor" . Newsday . Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
^ "Joshua Lafazan" . Forbes .
^ Calder, Rich (August 13, 2022). "FEC asked to probe Long Island Congressional candidate over affiliation with billionaire couple" . Retrieved April 15, 2023 .
^ "Josh Lafazan had billionaire couple cover at least $50K of college payments" . August 6, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2023 .
^ "Josh Lafazan, New York's youngest elected official, is running for Congress" . The Jerusalem Post . December 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2022 .
^ Duffy, Brandon (January 11, 2022). "Joshua Lafazan raises over $450,000 for Congressional run - News" .
^ Ahlman, Austin (August 18, 2022). "WITH PROGRESSIVES SPLIT, REP. JOSH GOTTHEIMER MAY BE GAINING A NEW ALLY IN CONGRESS" . The Intercept. Retrieved August 18, 2022 .
^ U.S. Term Limits Amendments Pledge (PDF) , www.termlimits.com, July 13, 2022
^ "Crypto cash PACs a punch for Gillen, Lafazan?" . Newsday . Retrieved April 17, 2023 .
^ "A cryptocurrency billionaire is spending big in New York congressional primaries" . City & State NY . Retrieved April 17, 2023 .
^ "New York Third Congressional District Primary Election Results" . The New York Times . August 23, 2022 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Nassau GOP keeps 12-7 majority in county legislature" . Newsday . November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023 .
^ Malaszczyk, Michael (November 7, 2023). "Nassau County Legislature: Josh Lafazan Loses Re-Election Bid, Republicans Maintain Majority" . www.longislandpress.com . Retrieved November 8, 2023 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josh_Lafazan&oldid=1229399668 "
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