Suffolk County Democrats
Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer did more than just show up for work Thursday. He made history.
Schaffer became the longest-serving supervisor in town history, with 13 years, 1 month and 20 days under his belt, a day more than the last record holder, Edward Daily, who died in office in 1912.
Schaffer, 52, who has served split terms — from November 1992 to December 2001 and in his current run that started in January 2012 —...read more
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory yesterday hosted New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the William H. Rogers Legislature Building in Hauppauge for a round table with county legislators on matters of local importance.
The round table was held at the request of Attorney General Schneiderman, who has embarked on a tour of similar meetings with local government leaders throughout the...read more
Mount Sinai, NY - January 19, 2016 - Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker is pleased to announce her appointment as Chairwoman of the Seniors and Consumer Protection Committee for 2016. The committee has jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs and the Office for the Aging. The committee will also deal with matters concerning senior citizens at any level of government, including the...read more
(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory swore in his two new appointees to the Suffolk County Women’s Advisory Commission (SCWAC) at the body’s first meeting of the year, held Jan. 12 at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge.
Maresa Dealy of Amityville and Melissa Firmes of Copiague will each serve a three-year term on the SCWAC, which advises the County Legislature, County Executive and...read more
Suffolk Legis. William J. Lindsay III will chair two committees this year, adding the parks committee to his previous assignment as head of the economic development panel.
Lindsay, a Bohemia Democrat, takes over the post from former Legis. Jay Schneiderman, who was term limited and became Southampton Town supervisor earlier this month.
The extra chairmanship for Lindsay is one of several changes in the annual reshuffling of...read more
ALBANY — Lawmakers expect Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to propose a ban on state legislators’ outside incomes when he delivers his annual State of the State speech, sources said Tuesday.
Cuomo has promised to unveil a series of ethics proposals in his address, which comes just weeks after the two former leaders of the Legislature were convicted on bribery and extortion charges.
“We were told he’ll be proposing a ban on outside income and...read more