Patricia M. Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick R

BACKGROUND

• Patricia M. Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, 58, of Malverne, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election.
• Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is a lawyer specializing in trusts and estates. She was a trustee in the incorporated Village of Malverne for about seven years before being elected to the State Senate in 2022.
• She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a law degree from St. John’s University. She also has a master of law from New York University School of Law.

ISSUES

• On education, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said she supports a fully funded school budget and mental health specialists in schools.
• She said she is advocating for judges in New York State to be able to consider the danger a defendant poses when setting bail.
• She would like to see money at the state level be spent more wisely. “We don't have an income problem in New York,” she said. “We have a spending problem.”