Stavisky Returned To Albany

, D-Whitestone, thanked residents of the 16th state Senate Dist. for their support Wednesday morning.

Stavisky, who stood in front of the steps of the Flushing Library to thank supporters, said she was hopeful that her next term in Albany would be more fruitful than the last two years. She promised to spend her time aggressively working to improve quality of life issues in her district.

"When I was campaigning, both in the primary and the general election, I listened to what people were saying to me," she said. "And they were saying they want answers and solutions to problems from everyday life."

Stavisky ran a campaign against Robert Schwartz, a conservative businessman from northern Queens.

Schwartz's campaign was not one of several to receive funding from the state and local Republican Party, making the race relatively easy to handicap from the start. Her true challenge came in the primary in September, when she faced off with two challengers for the Democratic nomination in Dist. 16.

*Source: NY1

Wednesday morning represented a fairly relaxed atmosphere in a hectic environment. She had been forced to change cars on her way to the event after her own broke down in Flushing.

At the press conference, Stavisky laid out an impressive to-do list for her coming term in Albany.

"My legislative goals are to see what we can do to improve the economy, create jobs, to lessen the tax burden, to provide for good education for children, provide affordable health care for older Americans and to try to change some of the ways that we conduct business in Albany," she said.