Suffolk County Democrats
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
Al Krupski had little to worry about in his re-election bid Tuesday. The popular legislator had won his first two terms with more than two-thirds of the vote, and his opponent in this year’s race was not actively campaigning.
But there was a different, more personal source of anxiety this time: watching his son, Nick, run in his first-ever election as a candidate for the Southold Town Board of Trustees. And since Al was a Trustee...read more
Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone won re-election to a second term Tuesday by defeating Republican challenger James O'Connor.
Bellone, 46, outpolled O'Connor, 52, a Great River attorney and former North Hempstead town councilman, 57 percent to 43 percent.
O'Connor conceded the race about 10:40 p.m. "The county deserves better than the path it's currently on. . . . We talked about the things that need to be talked...read more
Acting Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas defeated GOP Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, winning her first full term as the county's top prosecutor, while Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone easily won a second term.
And in a stunner, Democrat John Mangelli had a razor thin lead over GOP Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, with the results likely coming down to absentee ballots.
"The voters overwhelmingly...read more
Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone won re-election to a second term Tuesday by defeating Republican challenger James O'Connor.
Bellone, 46, outpolled O'Connor, 52, a Great River attorney and former North Hempstead town councilman, 57 percent to 43 percent.
O'Connor conceded the race about 10:40 p.m. "The county deserves better than the path it's currently on. . . . We talked about the things that need to be talked...read more
The Democrats continue to hold the majority of the Suffolk County Legislature following Tuesday’s elections, but Republicans may have picked up one seat to give the GOP minority a say over borrowing.
Legis. Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) had a one-vote lead over GOP challenger Steven Tricarico of Wading River in the sixth district, according to the unofficial election results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections—making the race too...read more