2026 New York General Election

Benjamin Jackson, 65, a lifelong Freeport resident who served on the village's zoning board of appeals for over a decade, is an independent running on the Republican line. He said the county's infrastructure must be improved before large-scale housing can be built.

Newsday endorsement: Debra S. Mulé for Nassau Legislative District 6

Benjamin Jackson is a lifelong Freeport resident.

Debra S. Mulé for Nassau Legislative District 6 - Newsday

The funds raised from congestion pricing are intended to support the MTA, including the Long Island Rail Road.
Benjamin Jackson, who runs Ben’s General Contracting in Freeport, voiced his frustration with the program.

Long Islanders weigh in on the federal plan to halt congestion pricing

Benjamin Jackson runs Ben’s General Contracting in Freeport.

After over four decades as a contractor and years of involvement in Freeport civic organizations, Benjamin Jackson says his approach to local government is rooted in a lesson he learned from his father: If you see a problem, don’t complain about it — do something about it.

Jackson, 64, the Republican candidate in the County Legislature’s 6th District, is making another bid for the seat, with a focus on affordability, infrastructure, housing and public safety.

Jackson focus on affordability

Benjamin previously ran for the County Legislature’s 6th District seat.

Benjamin Jackson seeks Nassau County District 6 seat with focus ...

Among his top concerns is affordability, which he said is closely tied to the tax burden on county residents. He argued that government should more closely scrutinize its spending and look for inefficiencies before committing additional taxpayer dollars.

“I think taxes and affordability go hand in hand,” Jackson said. “I think we need somebody to actually look at it and say, ‘OK, why are we spending this money here? Can’t we do this a little differently?’”

If you are Nassau County resident or small business owner, you are already paying some of the highest per capita tax rates in the country. I will be looking at myriad ways to reduce the tax burden for our citizens and hold the line on new taxes.

Issues and Priorities

Calls for closer scrutiny of government spending to address affordability.

Plans to reduce the tax burden and oppose new taxes.

- Calls for closer scrutiny of government spending to address affordability.
- Plans to reduce the tax burden and oppose new taxes.

Economy

As of October 26, 2026, Benjamin Jackson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Those affordability concerns extend to housing, an issue Jackson said requires balancing the county’s need for more homes with the capacity of its existing infrastructure. While he supports increasing the housing supply, including affordable housing, he said that development should be approached community by community rather than with a one-size-fits-all strategy.

“Do we need more housing? There’s no doubt about it,” Jackson said. “We need affordable housing. There’s no doubt about it.”

When elected I will actively fight against Governor Hochel's Housing Plan. Zoning needs to remain in the hands of Nassau County citizens.

Supports increasing housing supply, including affordable housing.

Supports increasing the housing supply, including affordable housing.

Opposes Governor Hochul's housing plan and supports Nassau County residents retaining control of zoning.

- Supports increasing the housing supply, including affordable housing.
- Opposes Governor Hochul's housing plan and supports Nassau County residents retaining control of zoning.

Housing & Urban Development

While there are problems with traditional cash bail, we are certain that throwing the baby out with the bath water is not the solution. When elected I will oppose cashless bail. I fully support both our Nassau County Police and those of our local municipalities.

Supports the Nassau County Police Department and local municipal police departments.

- Opposes cashless bail.
- Supports the Nassau County Police Department and local municipal police departments.

Public Safety

Benjamin Jackson, who runs Ben’s General Contracting in Freeport, voiced his frustration with the program. He said the toll felt like “another tax” and an additional financial strain on trucks that enter Manhattan.

“It’s just another money grab. And that makes it more difficult,” he stated, showing the displeasure of those who believe congestion pricing adds unnecessary expenses.

Opposes congestion pricing, calling it “another money grab.”

- Opposes congestion pricing, calling it “another money grab.”

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

Benjamin Jackson

- Plans to reduce the tax burden and oppose new taxes.

- Opposes Governor Hochul's housing plan and supports Nassau County residents retaining control of zoning.

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ABOUT DEBRA MULÉ
Debra earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music from the College of William and Mary and earned a Master's Degree in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently serves as a cantor at the Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church in Freeport.

District 6 - Debra Mulé

Debra and her husband Steve, a IBEW Local 3 electrician, have resided in Freeport since 1990 and have two adult daughters Victoria and Elizabeth.

Debra S. Mule earned a bachelor's degree in music from the College of William and Mary and a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She serves as a cantor at Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church in Freeport. She has lived in Freeport with her husband, Steve, since 1990 and has two daughters.

District 6 - Debra Mulé | Nassau County, NY - Official Website

Debra Mulé (listed on the county roster as Debra Mulé) is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 6, first elected in 2018 after serving on the Freeport school board, including as president, and on the Freeport Village Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2018, per the county Legislature's member page. A social worker, she holds a music degree from William and Mary and a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University, per the same page.

Debra S. Mule

Debra S. Mule 2026: Nassau County Legislature, District 6

Biography:
Debra Mulé embarked upon her fifth term as a Nassau County Legislator on January 1st, 2026, representing the newly apportioned Sixth Legislative District, which encompasses the community of Freeport, and portions of Baldwin and Oceanside.

While serving on her daughters’ PTA, Debra was elected to the Freeport School Board. During three terms, she was elected Vice President and ultimately President.

From there, she won election to the Village of Freeport Board of Trustees in 2015 and served in that capacity until 2018, when she was elected to the Legislature.

Debra currently serves as the Nassau County Legislator for the 6th District and began her fifth term on January 1, 2026. She was elected to the Legislature in 2018. Debra previously served on the Village of Freeport Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2018 and was elected to the Freeport School Board for three terms.

Imagine his shock when he was told this simple ministerial task would cost him over $620. Specifically, it cost him $350.50 to file the document, and another $270 for a “tax map verification fee.” Those aren’t service fees. They’re hidden taxes — and they are money grabs that the courts have deemed to be unlawful because they have no correlation to the services being provided.

Debra Mulé: High fees are an unjust burden on Nassau homeowners

Opposes county mortgage-satisfaction filing and tax-map-verification fees, calling them “hidden taxes” that courts deemed unlawful.

- Opposes county mortgage-satisfaction filing and tax-map-verification fees, calling them “hidden taxes” that courts deemed unlawful.

Environmental conservation and protection is a central focus of Mulé’s work, routinely hosting community cleanup events in local parks as well as composting workshops in partnership. She proudly co-sponsored legislation for a ban on single-use styrofoam products, which was adopted unanimously, and a paper bag fee. Recently, she has pushed for the conversion of the abandoned Oakwood Beach Club to parkland.

Debra Mulé

Pushed to convert the abandoned Oakwood Beach Club into parkland.

- Pushed to convert the abandoned Oakwood Beach Club into parkland.

Despite the court order, the fee remains in place, and homeowners are still being unlawfully overcharged. That’s why, on Feb. 18, I filed two pieces of legislation to correct this injustice. The first would bring Nassau County into compliance with the law by slashing the $350.50 filing cost to $50, creating parity with neighboring counties that charge between $50 and $60 for the same service. The second bill would cut the $270 tax map verification fee to $50, significantly reducing the impact of a fee that only Nassau and Suffolk counties charge in our region.

Introduced legislation to reduce mortgage-satisfaction filing and tax-map-verification fees.

- Introduced legislation to reduce mortgage-satisfaction filing and tax-map-verification fees.

Legislatively, she co-sponsored a precedent-setting ban on the non-consensual sharing of intimate images that went statewide, as well as a ban on single-use Styrofoam products and legislation to reduce the use of single-use plastic and paper bags.

Co-sponsored a statewide ban on the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.

- Co-sponsored a statewide ban on the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.

Now, in her ninth year of service in the Legislature, Legislator Mulé has delivered on a series of long-awaited priorities for her constituents. As a leading advocate for reinvestment in Nassau County's aging infrastructure, Legislator Mulé has advocated strenuously for proactive preventative measures to address and prevent sinkholes on County roads. She has been instrumental in securing more than $14.4 million in capital plan commitments for Baldwin Complete Streets; $3 million for traffic and pedestrian safety improvements on Merrick Road; and more than $18 million in capital plan commitments for Grand Avenue traffic safety improvements, including a new phase stretching from Stanton Avenue to the Southern State Parkway; and in Freeport, she worked to deliver $7.6 million for improvements to North Main Street.

While overseeing South Hempstead, Legislator Mulé shepherded a crucial flood mitigation project on Long Beach Road under the Southern State Parkway in South Hempstead to completion and built upon that progress with $9.44 million in additional capital plan funding for a second phase of extensive traffic safety improvements to Long Beach Road.

Advocated for preventive measures against sinkholes on county roads and secured capital funding for Complete Streets and traffic-safety projects.

Completed flood-mitigation work and secured funding for traffic-safety improvements on Long Beach Road.

- Advocated for preventive measures against sinkholes on county roads and secured capital funding for Complete Streets and traffic-safety projects.
- Completed flood-mitigation work and secured funding for traffic-safety improvements on Long Beach Road.

As a representative of numerous coastal communities, she championed the County's Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will redirect effluent in a manner that greatly decreases the amount of nitrogen in Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays for the purpose of restoring the health of aquatic ecosystems in this area and supplementing ongoing flood mitigation efforts.

Championed the Bay Park Conveyance Project to reduce nitrogen discharges into Reynolds Channel and Western Bays and support flood mitigation.

Co-sponsored a ban on single-use Styrofoam products and legislation to reduce use of single-use plastic and paper bags.

- Championed the Bay Park Conveyance Project to reduce nitrogen discharges into Reynolds Channel and Western Bays and support flood mitigation.
- Co-sponsored a ban on single-use Styrofoam products and legislation to reduce use of single-use plastic and paper bags.

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