Suffolk County Democrats
Hauppauge, LI—Tuesday, March 13: Legislator Rob Calarco’s bill to help move the historic Carnegie Library to a new location in Patchogue passed unanimously at the General Meeting of the Legislature today. The landmark building needs to be moved from its current location on Lake Street in order to accommodate the New Village project, which if it moves forward, will transform and revitalize the Four Corner area of the Patchogue downtown....read more ››
Correction: Patch first reported that it was Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio who instructed committee members to send the letter to the ethics board's PO Box, when it was in fact town attorney John Zollo.
Smithtown Democrats are calling for the town's ethics board to open an investigation based on findings of a Suffolk grand jury released earlier this month.
Newsday reports Smithtown Democratic Committee chairman Ed...read more ››
WASHINGTON—For decades, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center has been a source of anxiety, intrigue and rumor for Long Island's East End.
Located on a quotation-mark shaped island at the mouth of Long Island Sound, politicians have called it a potential terrorist target, conspiracy theorists have weaved intricate plots around it, and locals once speculated that an unidentifiable animal carcass dubbed the Montauk Monster found on the...read more ››
The following information was released by the office of New York Rep. Tim Bishop:
Congressmen Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Steve Israel (D-Dix Hills) announced today that Holbrook Fire District has been awarded $112,500 in federal funding through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The AFG award will allow Holbrook Fire District to purchase two new radio base stations to replace old and obsolete equipment, allowing for...read more ››
The following information was released by the office of New York Rep. Tim Bishop:
Congressmen Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Steve Israel (D-Dix Hills) announced today that Holbrook Fire District has been awarded $112,500 in federal funding through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The AFG award will allow Holbrook Fire District to purchase two new radio base stations to replace old and obsolete equipment, allowing for...read more ››
Patchogue, LI—February 6: Legislator Rob Calarco introduced a resolution at the February 7 Meeting of the General Legislature authorizing Suffolk County to enter into an agreement with Patchogue Village to relocate the historically significant Carnegie Library from its current location on Lake Street, at no cost to taxpayers.
The resolution seeks to relocate the Patchogue Village landmark to the 6th District Court property located on...read more ››
Southampton - The New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), a statewide, non-profit organization comprised of water quality management professionals, has selected Timothy Bishop, US Congressman for New York's First Congressional District, to be the recipient of its distinguished Nelson A. Rockefeller Award.
The Rockefeller Award was created by NYWEA to honor an elected official, on a state or national level, who has made...read more ››
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) with his wife, Kathy by his side gives the thumbs at the Islandia Marriott on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Islandia, N.Y.
It was the last congressional race in the country to be decided in 2010.
Now, the Democratic incumbent who eked out a 593-vote victory and the millionaire Republican challenger are preparing for a blistering rematch in 2012, vying to represent a diverse eastern Long Island...read more ››
Joe Dujmic, a local attorney and former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Suffolk County Executive, announced his candidacy for the New York State Assembly.
Dujmic, 32, is running for the State Assembly in response to the continuing increase in the cost of living on Long Island and the need for bold reforms in the State Capitol. “The Long Island Taxpayers deserve a strong, independent voice in Albany who will question every single unfunded...read more ››
Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has loaned the party $200,000 to pay withholding taxes for hundreds of paid canvassers who got out the vote for Steve Bellone's election as county executive in November.
Schaffer tapped personal savings for two no-interest loans -- $150,000 on Dec. 23 and another $50,000 on Jan. 9, the day before the $158,321 payment of the state and federal taxes. The loans were disclosed in the Suffolk...read more ››