Meet Kim

I’m Kimberly Garber Keiserman, a 25-year resident of Port Washington, the Long Island community where I have raised my daughters with my husband, John. My educational background includes a BA and M.Ed. from the College of William & Mary, and I’ve dedicated much of my career to education advocacy and consultancy.

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Kim Keiserman earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from the College of William & Mary. She has lived in Port Washington for 25 years and raised her daughters there with her husband, John.

I began my career as a high school social studies teacher, and later, my path led me to the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, where I crafted resources to help teachers create inclusive classrooms, promote religious literacy, and combat religious bigotry and bullying. I went on to work as a freelance consultant, developing curricula and educational tools that foster respect for religious and cultural differences.

Kim began her career as a high school social studies teacher. She later worked at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and as a freelance consultant developing curricula and educational tools.

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Keiserman previously ran for state Senate in 2024 in the 7th District. In that race, she lost to Republican Sen. Jack Martins, who received 88,074 votes, or 55.2%. Keiserman earned 71,546 votes, or 44.8%.

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Kim previously ran for New York State Senate in District 7 in 2024 but did not win.

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Kim knows Albany hasn’t done enough to ease that pressure. She will push for practical policies that lower everyday costs, expand access to Universal Pre-K, affordable child care and elder care, and rein in rising energy and utility bills for homeowners and renters. She will also take on price gouging and unfair practices that leave families stretched thinner every year.

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Kim will support policies that make it easier to start, grow, and sustain small businesses on Long Island. Long Islanders should be able to live, work, run a business, and raise a family here without constantly worrying about being priced out. That’s the standard Kim is fighting for.

She will oppose unfunded mandates and cost-shifts that push state responsibilities onto local governments and drive up property taxes. Kim will also push for transparency and accountability so taxpayers can see where their money is actually going.

Kim will also push for transparency and accountability so taxpayers can see where their money is actually going.

She will look for ways to decrease the tax burden and ensure we get our fair share for our tax dollars.

A strong middle class depends on strong protections for workers. Kim will fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and strong benefits. She will always support the right to organize and collectively bargain, and continue pushing for paid family and medical leave and equal pay for equal work.

Plans to expand access to Universal Pre-K, affordable child care and elder care, and lower energy and utility costs.

Plans to address price gouging and unfair business practices.

Supports policies to help Long Island small businesses start, grow, and remain in operation.

Opposes unfunded state mandates and cost shifts to local governments that increase property taxes.

Plans to reduce the tax burden and seek a greater return for local tax dollars.

Supports fair wages, workplace safety, employee benefits, collective bargaining, paid leave, and equal pay.

- Plans to expand access to Universal Pre-K, affordable child care and elder care, and lower energy and utility costs.
- Plans to address price gouging and unfair business practices.
- Supports policies to help Long Island small businesses start, grow, and remain in operation.
- Opposes unfunded state mandates and cost shifts to local governments that increase property taxes.
- Plans to reduce the tax burden and seek a greater return for local tax dollars.
- Supports fair wages, workplace safety, employee benefits, collective bargaining, paid leave, and equal pay.

Economy

Kim has been a leading environmental advocate for years, working to improve local parkland, promote biodiversity, and protect our waterways. She understands the challenges facing the region — from groundwater contamination to extreme weather and flooding.

She will push to protect drinking water, reduce plastic waste, hold polluters accountable, and invest in infrastructure that makes communities more resilient. Kim also supports clean energy and efficiency programs that reduce pollution and help families lower their energy costs.

She will push to protect drinking water, reduce plastic waste, hold polluters accountable, and invest in infrastructure that makes communities more resilient. Kim also supports clean energy and efficiency programs that reduce pollution and help families lower their energy costs.

Kim believes in increased goals for green energy production, and creating more green union jobs through infrastructure projects like offshore wind. A green future depends on an educated public, so Kim supports legislation establishing learning expectations on the environment and climate change.

Plans to protect drinking water, reduce plastic waste, hold polluters accountable, and invest in resilient infrastructure.

Supports clean-energy and energy-efficiency programs to reduce pollution and household energy costs.

Supports higher clean-energy production goals and green union jobs through infrastructure projects including offshore wind.

- Plans to protect drinking water, reduce plastic waste, hold polluters accountable, and invest in resilient infrastructure.
- Supports clean-energy and energy-efficiency programs to reduce pollution and household energy costs.
- Supports higher clean-energy production goals and green union jobs through infrastructure projects including offshore wind.

Energy & the Environment

Too many New Yorkers are uninsured or underinsured and forced to delay or forgo care because of cost. These barriers contribute to unacceptable health disparities.

Kim supports a health care system that is patient-centered, not profit-driven, and guarantees access to comprehensive care, including primary and specialty care, mental health services, reproductive care, dental, vision, hearing, long-term care, and affordable prescription drugs. Kim supports the goal of universal health care and believes the transition to a single-payer system must be done carefully and responsibly.

Kim also supports strengthening the health care workforce by addressing the nursing shortage, demanding safe staffing ratios, and fixing Tier 6 to protect the retirement security of health care workers.

With reproductive rights under attack all across the country, Kim believes that New York must be a leader in protecting women’s freedom. In the State Assembly, she’ll champion legislation that expands access to reproductive services and medication, empowers providers to offer comprehensive care, addresses pre-and post-natal needs, tackles maternal mortality, and guarantees rights for patients and providers.

Supports universal health care and a carefully managed transition to a single-payer system.

Supports addressing the nursing shortage, safe staffing ratios, and Tier 6 retirement protections for health care workers.

Plans to champion legislation that expands reproductive services and medication access, supports maternal health, and protects patients and providers.

- Supports universal health care and a carefully managed transition to a single-payer system.
- Supports addressing the nursing shortage, safe staffing ratios, and Tier 6 retirement protections for health care workers.
- Plans to champion legislation that expands reproductive services and medication access, supports maternal health, and protects patients and providers.

Healthcare

Public trust in government depends on honesty and accountability. After years of seeing elected officials abuse their power and betray that trust, Long Islanders deserve better.

Kim believes public service is a responsibility, not a perk. She will work to strengthen ethics laws, increase transparency, and hold public officials accountable when they break the law or abuse their office. No one should be above the rules.

Our right to vote is the foundation upon which our other rights rest. Kim is proud that New York has made it easier to vote, with laws enabling early voting, expanding access to absentee and mail-in ballots, and giving more time to register, among other efforts to modernize and improve our voting system. In Albany, Kim will work to expand same-day registration, ensure the use of verifiable paper ballots, protect election workers and polling places, and promote voter participation and engagement.

Plans to strengthen ethics laws, increase government transparency, and hold public officials accountable for illegal conduct or abuse of office.

Plans to expand same-day voter registration, use verifiable paper ballots, protect election workers and polling places, and encourage voter participation.

- Plans to strengthen ethics laws, increase government transparency, and hold public officials accountable for illegal conduct or abuse of office.
- Plans to expand same-day voter registration, use verifiable paper ballots, protect election workers and polling places, and encourage voter participation.

Voting & Elections

Gun Violence Legislation: Kim will work with gun violence prevention advocacy groups to advance legislation that ensures safe storage, increases training requirements, funds violence interruption programs, cracks down on ghost guns, and more to keep us safe.

Implementing Red Flag Laws: Next door in Suffolk County, the police are effectively disarming potentially dangerous people in record numbers, while Nassau lags far behind. In the State Assembly, Kim will look for ways to strengthen Nassau’s enforcement of Extreme Risk Protection Orders.

Kim knows that our local police officers and first responders provide the bedrock for welcoming, vibrant, and prosperous communities. She is proud that Nassau County has been named the safest county in America for years, but knows that real safety means more than enforcement alone. Our communities need a holistic approach that includes:  

Fully supporting and funding our police departments, court system, and district attorneys.

Promoting strong relationships between the police and the communities they serve.

Combating gun violence head on with common sense policies.

Addressing the root causes of crime, including poverty and lack of career opportunity.

Ensuring our criminal justice system isn’t creating a revolving door for repeat offenders and violent criminals, while preventing mass incarceration for non-violent misdemeanors.

Stopping Blakeman’s Militia: Kim will stand against County Executive Blakeman’s irresponsible attempt to build an armed militia. She will always stand up for our law enforcement, and she understands that empowering untrained citizens to use firearms in the event of an emergency creates a more dangerous situation for first responders.

Plans to advance gun-safety legislation on safe storage, training requirements, violence-interruption programs, and ghost guns.

Plans to strengthen Nassau County's enforcement of Extreme Risk Protection Orders.

Supports funding police departments, courts, and district attorneys, and strengthening police-community relationships.

Opposes authorizing untrained civilians to use firearms during emergencies.

- Plans to advance gun-safety legislation on safe storage, training requirements, violence-interruption programs, and ghost guns.
- Plans to strengthen Nassau County's enforcement of Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
- Supports funding police departments, courts, and district attorneys, and strengthening police-community relationships.
- Opposes authorizing untrained civilians to use firearms during emergencies.

Public Safety

Supporting  Teachers: Kim understands that investing in schools means investing in teachers. She’s proud to support fair teacher pay, collective bargaining rights, and efforts to fix Tier 6 retirement benefits.

Funding: Nassau is home to some of the best public school districts in the country because our communities invest in quality education to set our children up for success. In the State Assembly, Kim will fight against any cuts to District 16 schools and make sure our kids, families, and teachers are getting the resources they need from Albany so we can keep our schools strong.

Safe and Inclusive Classrooms: Students are navigating an increasingly complex world. With hate on the rise and social media becoming more influential, schools need the resources necessary to create a safe and inclusive environment for all children. That’s why Kim supports measures to combat discrimination and bigotry in schools, support students’ mental health, and ensure all learners get the services they need.

Supports fair teacher pay, collective bargaining rights, and changes to Tier 6 retirement benefits.

Plans to oppose cuts to District 16 schools and seek state resources for students, families, and teachers.

Supports measures to combat discrimination in schools, provide student mental-health support, and meet student-service needs.

Supports legislation establishing environmental and climate-change learning expectations.

- Supports fair teacher pay, collective bargaining rights, and changes to Tier 6 retirement benefits.
- Plans to oppose cuts to District 16 schools and seek state resources for students, families, and teachers.
- Supports measures to combat discrimination in schools, provide student mental-health support, and meet student-service needs.
- Supports legislation establishing environmental and climate-change learning expectations.

Education

Seniors deserve dignity, security, and the ability to age in place in the communities they helped build.

Kim will work to protect seniors from rising costs, expand access to health care and transportation, and support home- and community-based services. She will also push to crack down on scams and abuse that target older New Yorkers.

Kim will work to strengthen state programs that help veterans navigate benefits, access health and mental health care, and find job training and employment.

She will also support veteran housing stability and protect property tax exemptions for veterans and their families.

Plans to help seniors age in place through cost protections, health care and transportation access, and home- and community-based services.

Supports housing stability and property-tax exemptions for veterans and their families.

- Plans to help seniors age in place through cost protections, health care and transportation access, and home- and community-based services.
- Supports housing stability and property-tax exemptions for veterans and their families.

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- Plans to champion legislation that expands reproductive services and medication access, supports maternal health, and protects patients and providers.

- Supports funding police departments, courts, and district attorneys, and strengthening police-community relationships.
- Opposes authorizing untrained civilians to use firearms during emergencies.

- Plans to oppose cuts to District 16 schools and seek state resources for students, families, and teachers.
- Supports measures to combat discrimination in schools, provide student mental-health support, and meet student-service needs.
- Supports legislation establishing environmental and climate-change learning expectations.

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