Gaughran sworn in as New York state senator

Jim Gaughran has talked about his plans for the North Shore, and now that he is officially a state senator, having been sworn into office by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 6, he is ready to get to work.

Gaughran, 61, a Democrat, has lived in Northport for 18 years. But he decided to open his Senate office in Nassau County, in the hamlet of Oyster Bay, to be near his constituents. And it’s probably no coincidence that he is an ardent fan of Theodore Roosevelt.

“I can’t even tell you how many books I’ve read on Roosevelt,” he said, sitting at a desk in that new office. “History is so important. We tend to make the same mistakes, and with issues, the names change but a lot of the issues are the same.”

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