Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Judith Jacobs (D-Woodbury) (commonly known as \"Judy Jacobs\") was the presiding officer of the Nassau County legislature. In her fifth term as a legislator, Jacobs represents legislative district 16, which includes Bethpage, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, Plainview, Syosset, and Woodbury. She was elected to the newly formed legislature in 1995, and is chair or vice-chair of a number of committees: rules and procedures; planning, development and the environment; legislative budget review; and government services and operations. She was also minority leader of the legislature from March to December 1999.A former teacher in the Elmont school district, Jacobs received her B.A. degree from Hunter College where she also did graduate work. She has been politically active for more than thirty years, including a campaign to close the Old Bethpage landfill. She has been a trustee at Syosset Hospital and a member of the Syosset chamber of commerce. She is also a member of other community organizations, including the Women's American ORT and the North Shore synagogue. She was selected to the 2002 class of the \"Top 50 Women in Long Island\" by the Long Island Business News.Jacobs has focused on quality of life and child care issues, and has been active in breast cancer awareness efforts. She has been a resident of Woodbury for thirty-nine years and has three grown children and six grandchildren."@en }
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- Judith_Jacobs abstract "Judith Jacobs (D-Woodbury) (commonly known as \"Judy Jacobs\") was the presiding officer of the Nassau County legislature. In her fifth term as a legislator, Jacobs represents legislative district 16, which includes Bethpage, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, Plainview, Syosset, and Woodbury. She was elected to the newly formed legislature in 1995, and is chair or vice-chair of a number of committees: rules and procedures; planning, development and the environment; legislative budget review; and government services and operations. She was also minority leader of the legislature from March to December 1999.A former teacher in the Elmont school district, Jacobs received her B.A. degree from Hunter College where she also did graduate work. She has been politically active for more than thirty years, including a campaign to close the Old Bethpage landfill. She has been a trustee at Syosset Hospital and a member of the Syosset chamber of commerce. She is also a member of other community organizations, including the Women's American ORT and the North Shore synagogue. She was selected to the 2002 class of the \"Top 50 Women in Long Island\" by the Long Island Business News.Jacobs has focused on quality of life and child care issues, and has been active in breast cancer awareness efforts. She has been a resident of Woodbury for thirty-nine years and has three grown children and six grandchildren.".