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Lupinacci is a member of the Assembly. Working with the State Senate, the Assembly can propose and pass laws that regulate local police departments throughout the state. It could create state oversight of police officers, which currently does not exist, or make internal police investigations public in New York.
Lupinacci, of Huntington, is serving his first term. He is a lawyer and professor of business law at Farmingdale State College. He is also an adjunct political science professor at Hofstra University. He served on the South Huntington school board for nine years.
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