David Chan D
Council member, 2nd Town District, Town of Islip

Credit: Barry Sloan
BACKGROUND
- Chan, 65, of Oakdale, is a registered Democrat running on the Democratic line for the Islip Town Board's 2nd District seat. This is his first time running for public office.
- Chan grew up in New York City and moved to Islip in 1996. He worked for 22 years in the NYPD, where he served as a detective in the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He then worked as law enforcement at Long Island MacArthur Airport for eight years.
- Locally, Chan served as the Oakdale Civic Association president for four years and was a member of the Idle Hour neighborhood watch. He also sits on the Suffolk County Police Department's advisory board in the Fifth Precinct.
ISSUES
- Chan's primary goal is to make Islip's Town Board more accessible to residents. He said that, as the Oakdale Civic president, he struggled to get a hold of town leaders outside of the public comment portion of town board meetings.
- Chan seeks to establish "office hours" in his district so residents can voice their concerns directly to him. He said that would take place at least once a month.
- Chan wants to appoint a "small business liaison" within the town so that entrepreneurs can "be assisted and worked with, instead of worked against."
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
DawnMarie D Kuhn
RC