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Jon Kaiman, 47,
brings to his office as Town of North Hempstead
Supervisor, a distinguished record of public and
private sector accomplishments. His three terms in
office has been underscored by has continuation of the
Town’s tradition of sound finances and good
government.
North Hempstead is
the seventh largest of approximately 1500 towns,
cities and villages in the State of New York. Money
Magazine ranked the Town number 46 in its 2008 listing
of the “Best 100 Places to Live in America.” North
Hempstead was one of three communities in New York
State to make the list. Since taking office on
January 1, 2004, Kaiman has spearheaded a series of
bold initiatives to update the Town’s infrastructure
and incorporate modern management techniques in
day-to-day operations. Central to his efforts has been
the establishment of a 311 Constituent Response
System. This new technology provides North Hempstead
residents greater access to government, while
enhancing efficiency and accountability. |
TownStat, another one of Kaiman’s key initiatives, is gaining
momentum in the town. A performance measurement and management
tool, TownStat tracks and reports performance in departments
throughout the town with the goal of monitoring the efficiency
and effectiveness of how constituents’ concerns are addressed.
Yet another of Kaiman’s initiatives focuses on partnerships
with neighboring municipal entities—more than 100 exists
within the town—to cut costs and help save taxpayer dollars.
Since the formation in 2006 of the Office of Inter-municipal
Coordination, the town has almost fifty inter-municipal
agreements with various entities, including villages, special
districts, school districts and associations.
As Supervisor, Kaiman has instituted North Hempstead’s annual
Earth Day Program and Operation Clean Sweep—a month- long, top
to bottom “Spring Cleaning” of the Town. During its five years
of existence, the program has removed tens of thousands of
tons of garbage and debris.
Steering the town towards environmentally-friendly
alternatives, he has engineered the establishment of a
sweeping town-wide recycling initiative, a program that has
located recycling containers in all the town’s buildings, its
network of parks and eight of North Hempstead’s 11 school
districts.
Kaiman’s mission to green North Hempstead also includes the
purchase of over 20 hybrid and electric vehicles as well as
the staging of various events, such as EcoFest, promoting
environmental stewardship.
Another key component of Kaiman’s administration is the idea
of Community Based Planning. Beginning in 2004, the Town has
hosted scores of community-based meetings throughout North
Hempstead to address local concerns relating to development
projects, planning decisions, park and roadway improvements,
and other local issues.
In Kaiman’s continuing quest to be responsive to the needs of
the community, Kaiman has also initiated Project Independence,
a town-wide program born from a pilot launched two years ago
in New Hyde Park to help senior citizens “age in place” and
access information on basic services such as health care,
social worker assistance and community programming.
Kaiman serves also as the Chairman of the town’s Solid Waste
Management Authority, Commissioner of the Great Neck North
Water Authority, and board member of the Long Island Regional
Planning Council. He also serves as chair of approximately
nineteen non commissioner run special districts operating
within the town’s borders.
He received a Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University Law
School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University. Jon
was elected in 1999 to the Nassau County District Court, where
for two consecutive years he received the highest rating
possible from the Nassau County Bar Association’s Judicial
Screening Committee.
Kaiman is a longtime resident of Great Neck, where he lives
with his wife Kim, sons Shaun and Jared and daughter Iyana.
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