Frank Black R

BACKGROUND

• Black, 65, of Smithtown, has worked for the Town of Huntington for 31 years and is currently the building trades supervisor. 
• He spent 12 years as a shop steward representing fellow department workers in union negotiations.
• Black is a martial arts instructor and is owner-operator of Frank Black's School of Isshinryu Karate, which he opened in 1988.

ISSUES

• Black said he believes overdevelopment is a problem across the county, particularly in the Town of Smithtown. "It's gotten insane," he said.
• He cited a proposed $220 million luxury housing project in Kings Park that requires a zoning change as a concern, saying, "By changing the zoning, the density becomes unreasonable and it opens Pandora’s box for two other parcels near that project."
• Black said he's a proponent of term limits in elected office.