Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman launched a marketing campaign Friday aimed at attracting new residents, tourists and businesses, touting what he considered to be the county's best assets.

"We are looking to get tourists here ... and we're also looking to get businesses and residents, people who want to move here, who want to live in the safest county in America, who want to live in the most desirable place to live in New York State," Blakeman, a Republican who was reelected Tuesday, said in a news conference in Mineola.

He was surrounded by business leaders and others, and called Legis. Mazi Melesa Pilip (R-Great Neck) who stood beside him, his partner in the economic development plan. He highlighted the county's schools, museums, beaches, parks and top medical facilities.

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