Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton

So here in Nassau County, there has been quite a public
back-and-forth between Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman,
and the minority Democratic caucus in the County Legislature. Mr.
Blakeman needs at least one Democrat to sign on to help fund his
428 million dollar plan toward improvements to roads, parks and
police equipment.  Democrats want a promise that a certain
percentage of the funds will be allocated specifically to
Democratic districts, which they say are funds that Blakeman has
denied.  To learn more, we have invited Minority Leader Delia
DeRiggi-Whitton, a Democrat from Glen Cove, and the Nassau County
Legislature Minority Leader, to tell us what has happened and what
needs to happen in order for the Democrats to give the County
Executive the signature he wants.  A similar
invitation has been sent to Mr. Blakeman’s office as well, and has
not yet been accepted.