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McDonough 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.
McDonough, of Merrick, is serving his seventh term. A past president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, he is a Coast Guard and Air Force veteran, with a bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University.
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