Member of Senate, 7th District — Democratic: Brad Schwartz

Brad Schwartz

Democrat

BACKGROUND:

• Schwartz, 45, of Roslyn, works in policy research and commercial real estate management. He also has the Working Families Party ballot line.
• Schwartz worked previously as a television producer and editor. 
• He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he earned a bachelor's of arts degree in film studies. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He received a Master of International Public Policy and a doctorate in international relations from Johns Hopkins University. 

ISSUES:

• Schwartz said he wants to tackle the high cost of living on Long Island. He said he would support legislation to reduce property taxes by 15% with the help of state subsidies.
• Schwartz said he wants to work to reduce hate crimes and incidents of antisemitism. Schwartz said he wants to introduce legislation that would rescind or revoke private universities' property tax exemptions should they fail to protect Jewish or other minority students from hate and discrimination under the federal Civil Rights Act.
• He said if elected he would seek to play a major role in any revisions to how New York State distributes Foundation Aid to school districts. “The goal is to make sure that the reformulation of Foundation Aid benefits our local Long Island school districts,” Schwartz said.

By Scott Eidler

scott.eidler@newsday.com@ScottEidler

Scott Eidler is a deputy editor for the towns department at Newsday. Scott has worked at Newsday since 2012 and previously covered municipal government and education.