Assemblymember Didi Barrett, who represents the106th Assembly District,
has endorsed three candidates for Greenport Town Board: Kathy Leck Eldridge for
Supervisor and Janice Brodowski and Carol Peckham for Town Council.
"I'm delighted that these women are running for local office,"
Barrett said. "The way to make positive change happen is to have
caring citizen candidates like Kathy, Janice, and Carol, who are committed to
fighting for their neighbors and their town, step up to run -- and win! I am
happy to support them."
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| From left to right: Didi Barrett, Kathy Leck Eldridge (Greenport Town Supervisor candidate), and Carol Peckham and Janice Brodowski (Town Council candidates) |
Kathleen Leck Eldridge is a registered nurse and an
administrator at a senior facility. Born and raised in Greenport, she said,
" I know firsthand the struggles that our residents go through to find
good jobs and affordable places to live. I'm running because I want
Greenport to be the town where anyone can say this is the place they call home."
After learning about Barrett's endorsement of the Greenport candidates,
Eldridge said, "I want to work for this town the way Didi Barrett has for
her district, with intelligence, energy, and a concern for what's important in
our backyard. We couldn't ask for a better leader to endorse our
campaign."
Janice Brodowski, also a registered nurse, worked as a childbirth
educator and in the obstetric unit, where she has overseen the birth of hundreds of
Greenport and Hudson babies and watched them grow up as neighborhood kids and
young adults. She was also Greenport's tax collector for fourteen years. Given her
extensive experience and long dedication serving the town and its families,
Janice believes she will bring deep local knowledge, honesty, and compassion to
the town board.
Carol Peckham grew up in upstate New York and now lives in southern
Greenport. Over the course of her career in publishing she launched and
ran two profitable businesses. Since being here, she has become a member
of Greenport's Comprehensive Plan Committee. She says that her business
skills and knowledge of the town's diverse population will help her to make
efficient and effective decisions as a member of the town board.
