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.