Bruce Blakeman

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Bruce Blakeman is a politician from Nassau County, New York who is currently a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Appointed by New York Governor George E. Pataki in June 2001, his current term expires July 1, 2008. [1]

Prior to his appointment to the Port Authority's board, Blakeman was a councilman on the Hempstead Town Board and was a member of the Nassau County Legislature, holding the positions of presiding officer and majority leader from 1996 to 1999. In 1998, he was the Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller but lost the election to H. Carl McCall.

[edit] External links

• Bio, from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Article from the Village Voice concerning Blakeman's 1998 campaign for Comptroller