ALEXIS WEIK TOURS MASTIC BEACH FLOODING

State Senate candidate Alexis Weik recently toured areas of Mastic Beach that are still prone to flooding eight years after Superstorm Sandy left a swath of destruction across the Tri-Hamlets and South Shore communities.

Weik was joined by Mastic Beach’s Fire Commissioner and former Mayor, Bill Biondi, who described for her the storm’s impact and lingering effects. Earlier, Weik discussed flood mitigation efforts with community leaders at a Suffolk County Department of Planning’s meeting to redraw maps of the Mastic Shirley Conservation Area.

“Mastic Beach and the Tri-Hamlets were especially hard hit by Sandy and they are still awaiting the help they need to prevent another catastrophe from future storms,” Weik said. “I am grateful to Mayor Biondi and all the ‘boots on the ground’ who helped the community recover form that storm, and for their continued advocacy to protect the community in the future. I pledge, as Senator, that I will work with Tri-Hamlet community leaders to secure the resources they were promised and the funding they need to make permanent improvements to safeguard the homes, businesses and people of the community.”

Weik, the Republican and Conservative candidate for the Third Senate District, has spent considerable time in the Tri-Hamlets over the past few months, getting to know voters and community leaders, listening to their concerns and outlining her ideas for lower taxes and safer communities. 

She’s been critical of the current Senator, Monica Martinez, for promising to provide relief to help the community with storm recovery and funding for stormwater and other improvements to prevent recurring and future floods. That funding still has not arrived.

Weik is currently the elected Receiver of Taxes in the Town of Islip. The Third District includes Mastic Beach, Shirley and other communities in the Towns of Brookhaven and Islip.