See what Jonathan Prevost has done with roads in Uniondale, Hempstead, and Baldwin

Jonathan Prevost, a North Baldwin native, has been working tirelessly over the past four years to fix neighborhood streets. He has completed four projects during this time across Baldwin, Uniondale and Hempstead. 

He has worked with the Hempstead village , the Town of Hempstead, and Nassau County officials to address road issues. He has focused on the streets that he saw were the most ignored and neglected near where he lives, starting with the repaving of Coes Neck Road, from Milburn Avenue to Grand Avenue, in Baldwin. He also got Harold Avenue in Hempstead repaved.

Prevost then contacted the Baldwin Oaks Civic Association, which helped him improve school zones and traffic safety for drivers and pedestrians. 

“I linked up with the Baldwin Oaks Civic Association, and we started doing community projects around school safety,” he said. 

He focused on Uniondale’s Lawrence Road Middle School specifically because he noticed it was lacking important safety measures, and he worked with the association and the Town to get that rectified.

“There was a crosswalk and a stop sign, but nothing that said ‘20 miles per hour school zone’ painted on the actual street itself,” he said. 

He has spent the past two years focusing on Uniondale, where he advocated for the repaving of Newport Road and Argyle Avenue.

Prevost graduated from Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs in 2016 with a master’s degree in public administration with the goal of going into policy work to make these kinds of changes, and it was during his time in graduate school that he really became motivated to look at his surrounding neighborhoods and find ways to improve them.

“I wanted to go into policy work to implement better change in the community,” he said. 

He had open-heart surgery in 2020, which ignited his desire to become involved and motivated him to get started. 

“I said to myself, after I got out of the hospital and recovered, (that) I really want to focus on giving back to my community,” he said. 

After graduating, Prevost worked as the chief of staff for Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulè for two years.

“I was lucky enough to work in the Nassau County Legislature for a little bit, so I got that firsthand knowledge of how things are done on both sides,” he said. “I was able to use that in my personal life to advocate for the community.”

Because of Prevost’s advocacy and work, the Town of Hempstead recognized him in 2023 during Black History Month, where he received the Community Service Award. He was also featured in The City University of New York’s first ever “50 under 50” list of notable alumni for the work he has done in his community. 

To become involved with Prevost’s civic-minded efforts, email him at jdprevost1@gmail.com and to learn more his website is JohnPrevost.com.