I am endorsing Jon Kaiman and will be voting for him for Congress on Aug. 23. I know him as a friend, community member and a public servant. I have watched him and his wife, Kim, lovingly raise their children, involving themselves on a personal level with the schools, the synagogue, and the community at large, giving of themselves in every way they could.

Through Jon’s leadership as a public servant for the past 24 years in many roles, including deputy county executive of Suffolk County, Town of North Hempstead supervisor, Nassau County District Court judge, NYS adviser for Sandy Recovery, and chairman of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, he has provided service to our community at large and has developed and initiated programs that have made a difference in our lives.

I want him to be able to carry on his good work. I am also aligned with his positions on many issues, including his efforts to ban assault weapons to the public and his support of public safety, his support of legislation and initiatives to protect our environment, his involvement in fighting for legislation to protect a women’s right to choose, and his support of the Equality Act.

Please join me and vote on Aug. 23, for Jon Kaiman so that he can continue to make our community and our country a safer, more inclusive, environmentally sound place where we can raise our children and our children’s children.

Elise Kestenbaum

Great Neck