Legislature Offers 10-Week Page Program

The Suffolk County Legislature is inviting college-level students to apply for its page program. The ten-week educational internship program provides an in-depth experience of local government and the importance of civic engagement. Pages will participate in a mock Legislature, and attend Committee and General Meetings.  Read More …

Schools: St. Anthony’s at Legislature; Friar Hall of Fame

Brother David Migliorino, principal of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, to give the opening invocation before  a recent meeting of the Legislature in Hauppauge. Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly, D-Deer Park, invited Migliorino to give the non- denominational prayer, Before the invocation, the St. Read More …

Bontempi Re-Elected to Legislature; Sanin Defeats Esteban

Suffolk County Legislator Stephanie Bontempi defeated Democratic challenger Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief Tuesday in a hotly contested vote in the 18th District. Democrat Rebecca Sanin ousted first-term legislator Manuel Esteban in the 16th, while legislative incumbents Tom Donnelly (D-17th), Rob Trotta (R-13th), who ran unopposed, Read More …

Campaigns Down to the Wire Ahead of Tuesday Vote

Early voting ended Sunday, leaving just one day–Tuesday–for residents to cast their ballots. Election Day means voters go to their usual voting places to decide on two members of the Huntington Town Board, one Suffolk County legislator, a town clerk and a tax receiver. To Read More …

Campaign 2023: Republican Catherine Corella Running in the 17th District

Catherine Corella is a Republican running for the 17th District seat in the Suffolk County Legislature, against incumbent Tom Donnelly. Q. Republicans in the Suffolk Legislature voted to keep a water quality bill off the ballot on Nov 7, saying the needed to be improved. Read More …

Campaign 2023: Democrat Rebecca Sanin Running for Suffolk Legislature

Democrat Rebecca Sanin is running for Suffolk County legislator in the 16th district, challenging incumbent Republican Manuel Esteban. Sanin secured her spot on the ballot after Republicans successfully challenged candidate Sidney Joyner over residency requirements. Sanin served as deputy county executive for five and a Read More …

Campaign 2023: 16th District Republican Legislator Manuel Esteban

As he comes to the end of his first term, Manuel Esteban Sr., R-East Northport, the first Latino legislator to serve Suffolk County’s 16th District, says he has learned a lot in office. “My office has really turned into a community center. Whether it’s a Read More …

Updated: Campaign 2023: How to Find Your Suffolk County Legislative District

Redistricting by the Suffolk County Legislature has left some voters confused about who will be representing them as of January. In many cases, campaign literature bearing unfamiliar names and faces is arriving in the mailboxes of Huntington voters. The legislature has posted maps showing the Read More …

Campaign 2023: Donnelly Seeks Re-Election in 17th District

Now in his third term in county politics, Suffolk County 17th District Legislator Tom Donnelly, D-Deer Park, says he still has the same passion and dedication to his residents he had when he started and will continue to do so even as planned redistricting will Read More …

Campaign 2023: 18th District Legislator Stephanie Bontempi

Suffolk County Legis. Stephanie Bontempi, R-Huntington, who is completing her first two-year term in the 18th district, is running for re-election this year. The former elementary school teacher immigrated to the United States from Sweden when she was in her 20s and has been a Read More …

Campaign: GOP Fundraiser, Democrats Celebrate

  Huntington will have five representatives in the Suffolk County Legislature starting in January, up from four, thanks to redistricting. The addition is the 15th, which extends now into Melville, with the seat held by Jason Richberg, the minority leader in the legislature.   Huntington Read More …