Sponsored Legislation
 
  • Sponsored a Charter Law to promote honest budgeting and efficient operation of government, by filling or abolishing vacant positions
  • Sponsored a resolution expanding the incentive program promoting the closure of residential underground fuel tanks to include aboveground fuel tanks
  • Sponsored a Charter Law to provide for fair and equitable distribution of public safety sales and compensating use tax to towns and villages outside the police district
  • Sponsored a Charter Law to allow for the introduction of Local Laws and Resolutions by all Countywide Elected officials
  • Sponsored a Local Law to transfer the Division of Cancer Awareness to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for the acquisition of properties along Riverside Drive in the Town of Riverhead.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for environmentally sensitive land, farmland, and recreationally important land acquisitions in the Town of Southold and Riverhead.
  • Sponsored a resolution creating the East End Heath Care Task Force to review and make recommendations on improving health care delivery on the East End
  • Sponsored a resolution creating the Suffolk County Identity Theft Task Force to study and make recommendations on ways to reduce identity theft in Suffolk County
  • Sponsored a Home Rule Message requesting the New York State Legislature amend the Tax Law authorizing the County of Suffolk to exempt motor fuels from sales and compensating use tax.
  • Sponsored a in support of amending the County Law to prohibit a County Clerk’s Office from accepting for filing or recording any documents which include the social security number of any person
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to prohibit all registered sex offenders from residing near schools, day care centers and playgrounds.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law to amend the Suffolk County Charter to ensure representation of environmental interests and historic preservation on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
  • Co-sponsored a resolution Implementing Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Program for future County construction projects.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution repealing home heating nuisance tax on Suffolk County residents
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to supplement existing HEAP Program to benefit a wider range of Suffolk residents.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law creating a County Department of Information Technology.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law creating a County Department of Environment and Energy
  • Co-sponsored a resolution Authorizing the acquisition of the Sposato Property, Town of Shelter Island.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a renewable energy park on County property.
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to expand the County's "Crack House Law."
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to establish an Ecology and Technology (Eco-Tech) Park in Suffolk County.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the use of electronic monitoring devices for all sex offenders.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing County policy to require hybrid or alternative fuel buses in the Suffolk County Transit System.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution creating a Public Health Nursing Task Force to review the County's public health nursing needs.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to evaluate the feasibility of establishing co-generation for County facilities.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to purchase Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) Units for the Department of Probation.
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to provide fair and equitable cost containment for residents in certain Emergency Services Districts by providing monetary reimbursement for service to county facilities.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to fund a needs assessment study for the Dredging of Meetinghouse Creek, Town of Southold.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing a new program in the Office of Women’s Services for mitigating domestic violence.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution appropriating funds for the construction of a Police Radio Communications Towner in Rocky Point to serve the 6th and 7th Precincts.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution To establish the Homeowners Tax Reform Task Force to review and make recommendations on alternate forms of taxation.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution requesting the State of New York to create the Long Island Workforce Housing Incentive Program.
 
Legislative Initiatives
 
  • Preserving open space in Eastern Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, and Shelter Island
  • Mitigating harmful road runoff that threatens the purity of local waterways
  • Accelerating the process of improving County Road 58
  • Improving and expanding county bus service on the North Fork
  • Ensuring equitable county services for residents of the East End
  • Protecting county residents from identity theft
  • Reducing the tax burden on county residents
  • Creating additional affordable housing for our seniors and young people
 
Legislative Summary
 
  • Sponsored a Charter Law to promote honest budgeting and efficient operation of government, by filling or abolishing vacant positions.
  • Sponsored a resolution expanding the incentive program promoting the closure of residential underground fuel tanks to include aboveground fuel tanks.
  • Sponsored a Charter Law to provide for fair and equitable distribution of public safety sales and compensating use tax to towns and villages outside the police district.
  • Sponsored a Local Law to transfer the Division of Cancer Awareness to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for the acquisition of properties along Riverside Drive in the Town of Riverhead.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for environmentally sensitive land, farmland, and recreationally important land acquisitions in the Towns of Southold and Riverhead.
  • Sponsored a resolution creating the East End Heath Care Task Force to review and make recommendations on improving health care delivery on the East End.
  • Sponsored a resolution creating the Suffolk County Identity Theft Task Force to study and make recommendations on ways to reduce identity theft in Suffolk County.
  • Sponsored a Home Rule Message requesting the New York State Legislature amend the Tax Law authorizing the County of Suffolk to exempt motor fuels from sales and compensating use tax.
  • Sponsored a memorializing in support of amending the County Law to prohibit a County Clerk’s Office from accepting for filing or recording any documents which include the social security number of any person.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for acquisition of the Richards property on Shelter Island.
  • Sponsored a resolution to Establish the “Suffolk County Parks Corps” Volunteer Cleanup Program.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the Martin property in Baiting Hollow.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning in connection with acquisition of active parklands in Wading River.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for acquisition of the Stankevich property in Orient.
  • Sponsored a resolution creating the Suffolk County Health Care Task Force.
  • Sponsored a resolution directing the Department of Health Services to conduct a health assessment of Crab Creek, Shelter Island, for dredging purposes.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for the acquisition the Oaks at East Moriches.
  • Sponsored a resolution capping the sales tax on gasoline at the $2 per gallon level.
  • Sponsored a resolution authorizing planning steps for the acquisition of Riverhead Meadows.
  • Sponsored a resolution amending the 2006 Capital Budget and Program and appropriating funds the Installation of a traffic signal at Westphalia Avenue and County Road 48 in Southold.
  • Sponsored a resolution repealing sales and compensating use taxes on biodiesel fuel used for home heating.
  • Sponsored a resolution to conduct pilot program for S92 Bus Route for increased weekday and Sunday service.
  • Sponsored a resolution to conduct a feasibility study for the expansion of the 7D Bus Route into the East Yaphank Industrial Park.
  • Sponsored a resolution waiving beach fees during periods of oppressive weather conditions.
  • Sponsored a resolution amending the 2006 Capital Budget and Program and appropriating funds in connection with improvements to Park View Lane and Ryder Farm Lane in Orient.
  • Sponsored a resolution amending the 2006 Capital Budget and Program and appropriating funds in connection with purchase of 4-poster machines for a Tick Eradication Pilot Program on Shelter Island.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of amending the New York State Tax Law to provide tax credits for alternative energy system.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting United States Congress to enact the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2005.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of replacing LIPA’S appointed Board of Trustees with an elected Board of Trustees.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of establishing the Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of the New York Ocean and Bays Protection Act.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of estate tax deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act.
  • Sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting United States Congress to enact the Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2005.
  • Memorializing resolution in support of the “Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act of 2005”.
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to prohibit all registered sex offenders from residing near schools, day care centers and playgrounds.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law to amend the Suffolk County Charter to ensure representation of environmental interests and historic preservation on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
  • Co-sponsored a resolution Implementing Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Program for future County construction projects.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution repealing home heating nuisance tax on Suffolk County residents.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to supplement existing HEAP Program to benefit wider range of Suffolk residents.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law creating a County Department of Information Technology.
  • Co-sponsored a Charter Law creating a County Department of Environment and Energy.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution Authorizing the acquisition of the Sposato Property, Town of Shelter Island.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution Authorizing the acquisition of the Sposato Property, Town of Shelter Island.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a renewable energy park on County property.
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to expand the County's "Crack House Law."
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to establish an Ecology and Technology (Eco-Tech) Park in Suffolk County.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the use of electronic monitoring devices for all sex offenders.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing County policy to require hybrid or alternative fuel buses in the Suffolk County Transit System.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution creating a Public Health Nursing Task Force to review the County's public health nursing needs.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to evaluate the feasibility of establishing co-generation for County facilities.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to purchase Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) Units for the Department of Probation.
  • Co-sponsored a Local Law to provide fair and equitable cost containment for residents in certain Emergency Services Districts by providing monetary reimbursement for service to county facilities.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution to fund a needs assessment study for the Dredging of Meetinghouse Creek, Town of Southold.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing a new program in the Office of Women’s Services for mitigating domestic violence.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution appropriating funds for the construction of a Police Radio Communications Towner in Rocky Point to serve the 6th and 7th Precincts.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution To establish the Homeowners Tax Reform Task Force to review and make recommendations on alternate forms of taxation.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution requesting the State of New York to create the Long Island Workforce Housing Incentive Program.
  • Co-sponsored a local law expanding volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers real property tax exemption.
  • Co-Sponsored a local law expanding veterans’ alternative real property tax exemption.
  • Co-sponsored a local law to enact a Campaign Finance Reform Act to limit campaign contributions from County contractors.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing a County policy permitting leaves of absence for breast cancer and prostate cancer screening.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution appropriating funds in connection with the Library and Learning Resource Center – Eastern Campus.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution appropriating funds in connection with interchange improvements for CR 111 in Manorville.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution establishing a policy requiring the use of mercury-free vaccines in County Health Centers.
  • Co-sponsored a Home Rule Message requesting State of New York to establish the Peconic Bay Regional Transportation Council.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting the State of New York to repeal the monthly administrative fee for EZ-Pass.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting State of New York to enact Nixmary’s Law.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of increasing penalties for criminal convictions of drunk driving where children are passengers.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of United States Senate Bill (S.1103) to repeal the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of New York State Assembly Bill No. A.1434, providing the owners of manufactured homes the right of first refusal.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of amending the Mental Hygiene Law to require local approval of group home sites.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of establishing a procedure for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting State of New York to share County jail construction costs.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution requesting State of New York to amend the Domestic Relations to provide shared parenting.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of the Combating Autism Act of 2005.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of the “New York State Public Health Protection Act”.
  • Co-sponsored a memorializing resolution in support of the development of an environmental health tracking system.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the Georgiopoulos property, Great Ponds Wetlands, Town of Southold.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the Manos property, Town of Southold.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the O’Hara, Dalton, estate of Freidman and Green property – Hashamomuck Pond, Town of Southold.
  • Co-sponsored a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the O’Doherty property – Hashamomuck Pond, Town of Southold.
 
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