Rose Marie Walker
Republican · NY · Nassau County Legislator, District 17
Rose Marie Walker is Nassau County’s District 17 legislator and formerly served on the Oyster Bay Town Board and Hicksville school board. Her work includes senior services and open space.
Where Rose Marie Walker stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Joined Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino in calling for a full cleanup of the Navy-Grumman toxic groundwater plume in Bethpage.
August 22, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: patch.com
Joined U.S. Senator Charles Schumer in urging the Army Corps of Engineers to speed cleanup of the former Sylvania nuclear plant site in Hicksville. Waste there had polluted soil and groundwater.
January 22, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Voted to approve the final $463 million to repair the Bay Park sewage treatment plant after Hurricane Sandy flooded it. The money included $326 million to replace the plant's electrical system.
November 27, 2013Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted to merge several county departments to cut management costs. Planning moved into Public Works, and four offices became one Department of Human Services, with savings estimated at over $1.7 million.
June 15, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to approve the final $463 million to repair the Bay Park sewage treatment plant after Hurricane Sandy flooded it. The money included $326 million to replace the plant's electrical system.
November 27, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Voted to merge several county departments to cut management costs. Planning moved into Public Works, and four offices became one Department of Human Services, with savings estimated at over $1.7 million.
June 15, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Co-sponsored a county law making it a crime to wear a mask in public to hide one's identity (Mask Transparency Act). Masks worn for health, religious, or holiday reasons are exempt.
August 5, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: news10.com
Voted with all 12 Republican legislators to pass the county mask ban. Wearing a mask to hide one's identity became a misdemeanor with up to 1 year in jail. The 7 Democrats abstained.
August 5, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ny1.com
Held a town hall with other Republican legislators against New York's cashless bail changes. They urged residents to press state lawmakers to repeal the changes.
January 30, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Urged state lawmakers to let Nassau County again limit where sex offenders may live, after the state's top court struck down local rules. She backed keeping all levels of offenders 1,000 feet from schools.
April 23, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Voted for a county law that lets parents ask youth groups to confirm no staff or volunteers are registered sex offenders. It was the first law of its kind in New York.
August 9, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Asked federal officials and prosecutors to investigate why 97 veterans' benefit claims sat unfiled for years at the county veterans office. She and another legislator wrote to U.S. senators, members of Congress, and the district attorney.
July 13, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to approve the final $463 million to repair the Bay Park sewage treatment plant after Hurricane Sandy flooded it. The money included $326 million to replace the plant's electrical system.
November 27, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.nassaucountyny.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Received the New York League of Conservation Voters' endorsement in her 2026 re-election race for District 17.
July 29, 2026
Source: nylcv.org
Spoke for a county law barring transgender women and girls from women's and girls' sports at county-run facilities. The Legislature passed it 12-6, with Republicans holding 12 of 19 seats.
June 24, 2024
Source: abc7ny.com
Stood with County Executive Bruce Blakeman to announce a bill barring transgender women and girls from women's sports at county facilities.
June 7, 2024
Source: liherald.com
Received the Long Island Herald newspapers' endorsement for re-election as District 17 legislator in 2021.
October 27, 2021
Source: liherald.com
Criticized the county comptroller's office after a $710,000 phishing scam there. In a joint statement with two other Republican legislators, she said only the county's bank caught the fraud.
January 24, 2020
Source: liherald.com
Joined the Legislature's Republican majority in introducing a package of property tax assessment bills called the "Assessment Bill of Rights." The bills required notices telling homeowners the results of their tax appeals and their new tax bills.
July 16, 2019
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Voted to override the county executive's veto of a bill letting voters decide whether to elect the county assessor. The override failed.
June 4, 2019
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Called for changes to the federal tax code so Long Island families are not taxed more because of the area's high cost of living.
March 24, 2014
Source: nassaucountyny.gov
Past race Rose Marie Walker ran in:
- County Legislator, 17th District · November 3, 2026 · Nassau County, New York · incumbent