On Friday, January 5th, 2018, Nassau County Legislator Howard J. Kopel took the oath of office for his new term in a ceremony at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City.
State Senator Elaine Phillips swore in Legislator Kopel and the other Legislators in the Majority Caucus for the 12th Session of the Nassau County Legislature, before a crowd of family, friends and other elected officials.
Legislator Kopel has represented the 7th District of the Nassau County Legislature, which encompasses Oceanside, Rockville Centre, East Rockaway, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, and parts of Hewlett, Lawrence, Baldwin, Valley Stream and Lynbrook, since he was first elected in November 2009.
Legislator Kopel, who was re-elected in 2011, 2013, 2015 and again in 2017, is serving his fifth full term in the Legislature and was named as the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Nassau County Legislature.