News

October 10, 2015
Long Island Press

Suffolk County lawmakers this week passed a bill that phases out the sale of personal care products containing microbeads—tiny plastic balls designed to exfoliate the skin but also negatively impact the environment.

County legislators Tuesday unanimously passed the measure, which phases out the sale of products containing microbeads over the next four years, giving manufacturers enough time to develop alternatives.

“Today’s vote...read more

October 6, 2015
The Suffolk County Legislature passed a local law to prohibit the sale of personal care products containing microbeads. According to the Attorney General’s report, 19 tons of microbeads are released into New York’s wastewater stream annually! This product has impacted our local waterways as recent studies of the Long Island Sound embayments have found microbeads polluting our surface waters. Suffolk County has joined 3 counties in the State and...read more
September 18, 2015
THE LONG ISLANDER NEWS
KEITH M. BARRETT AND SUSAN BERLAND

Working Families Party voters chose Keith M. Barrett and incumbent Councilwoman Susan Berland by wide margins to be their nominees for two town board seats in a primary election last Thursday.

Out of 1,356 eligible voters, Barrett, a Melville resident who works in the town’s general services department, received 205 votes, or 47.1 percent, followed by Berland, who received 113 votes, or 30.6 percent. Of the other candidates on the...read more

September 18, 2015

“Sustainable Southold” calls attention to local issues and represents a platform specific to Southold Town.

September 18, 2015, Southold, NY – A group of local candidates, running for various town positions in the upcoming election, have announced that they have secured an independent line on the November ballot. The line, “Sustainable Southold,” (www.sustainablesouthold.com) gives the...read more

September 9, 2015
‪#‎ICWLegislatorSpencer‬

Join me in helping to make our roads safer for everyone by taking the pledge to never text and drive. Through September 30th, participating Legislative offices will compete to gather the most “IT Can Wait” pledges from members of the public. Stop by my office to sign the pledge board, or submit your pledge through twitter by tweeting “I pledge not to text and drive” with the hashtag ‪#‎ICWLegislatorSpencer‬! To date, more than 7 million...read more

September 3, 2015
Times of Huntington-Northport
Susan Berland

Councilwoman Susan Berland (D) has made the Huntington Town Council her full time job since her inaugural election in 2001. She pledged, when she was first running for election, that she would stop practicing law and dedicate all her time to the board.

“I think the job really deserves that,” she said. “I’m the one who’s in the office, 95 percent of the time, when people come into the office to see a councilmember; I’m the one they get...read more