Bynoe, Campbell in competition for Legislative District 2

Siela Bynoe and Karin Campbell, who are competing to represent Nassau County Legislative District 2, are both longtime Westbury residents and have been in active public service for decades.

Since the new districting map was adopted by the Nassau County Legislature on Feb. 27, 2023, District 2 has changed. It no longer stretches east to west to include portions of Westbury, New Cassell, a small part of Uniondale, a chunk of Hempstead Village, and Lakeview. It now encompasses all of Westbury, New Cassel, and Uniondale, with a small portion of the Village of Hempstead.

Siela A. Bynoe

For four decades, Legislator Siela A. Bynoe, 55, has called the village of Westbury home. A graduate of Westbury High School, she holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hofstra University. She overcame breast cancer while earning a master's degree in public administration from LIU Post.

Bynoe’s career after college ranged from work as a mortgage loan consultant and credit loan officer committed to the Community Reinvestment Act, to serving as assistant director of the North Hempstead Housing Authority and then, starting in 2008, executive director of the Huntington Housing Authority. In 2010, she was elected to the Westbury school board and served two terms.

Upon winning a special election in 2014 for L.D. 2, Bynoe’s career as a Nassau County legislator began. She is now completing her fourth full term.

Police response and reform have been particular concerns of Bynoe’s. She filed legislation for police officer-worn body cameras in 2014 and continued her advocacy until a plan to institute the cameras was implemented in 2021.

Developing county resources for persons with mental health problems has also been a focus for Bynoe. Her efforts have resulted in the passage of legislation to give mental health first aid training to county employees who frequently interact with the public, and to incorporate social workers into police response to mental health calls.

During the pandemic, Bynoe secured legislation and enacted programs to help financially stressed residents and to make covid-19 vaccines available to as many as possible. She is also the ranking member of the county legislature’s Public Works Committee and the Committee on Economic, Community Development, Labor & Transportation. She is also a member of the Committees on Rules, Public Safety, and Planning, Development and the Environment.

Karin B. Campbell

Karin B. Campbell, 62, has lived in Wesbury since 1972, when her family moved there from Port Washington. Her father, Alphonse J. Campbell, taught science at Schreiber High School in Port Washington, and later became principal there. Her mother, Mary, was the head dietitian at Deepdale Hospital in Queens.

Campbell graduated from Westbury High School and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree from Fisk University. She also holds a master’s degree in human resources and labor relations from the New York Institute of Technology.

After a full career as a railroad employee with AMTRAK and the Long Island Railroad, Campbell opened a courier service. She has served more than six terms on the Westbury school board. She has also worked part-time in a men’s shelter, worked as a substitute teacher’s aide in a BOCES summer program for autistic students, led a Cub Scout den, served as a board member of Reform Educational Financing Inequities Today, and as a member of the Sherwood Civic Association and the Westbury Village Parks Commission.

In 2016, Campbell received the New York State School Boards Association Lifetime Achievement Award, for her diligent participation in school board activities such as the New Member Academy, annual conventions, legal conferences, and regional workshops.