Suffolk County Democrats
Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski has a new target in the ongoing fight to protect the area’s waters: county parks.
The legislator has sponsored legislation that would require the county to consider installing alternative wastewater treatment methods in parks when the existing septic systems fail or when they require upgrades. Mr. Krupski sees such a policy as a small — but necessary — step toward more widespread reductions in...read more
Suffolk Legis. Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) turned an unofficial one vote election night lead into a 17-vote victory Thursday when all the votes were finally counted at the board of elections in Yaphank.
"We can now breathe," said Richard Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman. "In every election the Republicans have always underestimated her and in every election Sarah and the voters prove them wrong."
Anker, who first won a...read more
After all the absentee votes had been tallied Friday afternoon, Democratic Town Justice candidate Brian Hughes hadn’t just protected his slim lead over Republican opponent William Goggins — he extended it.
Mr. Hughes secured the election, according to an unofficial tally of the roughly 450 absentee ballots at the Suffolk County Board of Elections Friday, earning a 201-vote lead with a final tally of 3,287 votes to Mr. Goggins’ 3,086....read more
Suffolk County Board of Elections officials are expected to convene as soon as next week to open 460 absentee ballots that could determine who wins a contested Brookhaven Town council seat.
The undecided race between Democratic incumbent Connie Kepert and Republican challenger Michael A. Loguercio Jr. could shape up as a near-repeat of the 2013 contest in Brookhaven's 4th Council District, when Kepert beat Loguercio by four votes after...read more
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday killed a 3-year-old proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal 19 miles off Jones Beach amid fears that it could cause an environmental catastrophe or become a terrorist target.
The deepwater docking station known as Port Ambrose was to supply the downstate region with cheaper natural gas brought in from the Caribbean by tankers.
But Cuomo, in formally announcing his veto, said al-Qaida has...read more
Suffolk County lawmakers passed a $2.9 billion budget Wednesday that relies on more than $117 million in one-time revenue and an "optimistic" sales tax forecast to balance the spending plan.
Lawmakers said they were forced to make difficult choices: more than $10 million in cuts to bus services, reduced payments to nonprofits and increased fees to register vehicles and file mortgages.
"It's a tough budget," said Presiding Officer...read more