Republicans broke Democrats’ New York State Senate supermajority on election night, but Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury) helped hold the line, keeping the GOP from flipping one vacant seat on Long Island.
Byone won 55% of the vote to defeat attorney Thomas Philip Montefinise, who got 36%, according to unofficial early returns tallied by the Nassau County Board of Elections. Her victory makes her the first Black woman to represent Long Island in the state Senate and keeps the 6th State Senate District in South-Central Nassau in Democratic hands after outgoing state Sen. Kevin Thomas (D-Hicksville) leaves office at the end of the year.
