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Ed Romaine

County Executive

Edward P. Romaine was elected Suffolk County Executive in November of 2023, the most recent chapter in a lifetime of service to the residents of Suffolk County. Prior to his election, Mr. Romaine served as Brookhaven Town Supervisor for 12 years, where he championed environmental and quality of life issues in while significantly strengthening the Town’s finances.

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About Suffolk County

Suffolk County comprises 1000 square miles of eastern two-thirds of Long Island. Long Island itself extends 120 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, East from New York City. The distance from the Nassau County border to Montauk Point is 86 miles. At Suffolk County's widest point the distance from Long Island Sound to the southern shore is 26 miles.


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Departments and Divisions under the County Executive

Office for the Aging

The Suffolk County Office for the Aging is the designated Area Agency on Aging under the Older Americans Act. For over 40 years, Suffolk County Office for the Aging has administered federal, state and county programs for persons 60 years of age and older.

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Office of Multicultural Affairs and Community Engagement

The mission of the
Office of Multicultural Affairs and Community Engagement is to address the needs of African-American Advisory Board, Hispanic Advisory Board, Asian-American Advisory Board, Muslim-American Advisory Board, Jewish Advisory Board, and other minority residents of Suffolk County.

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People with Disabilities

The primary mission of the Suffolk County Office for People with Disabilities is to work for the benefit of Suffolk County's 283,000 people with disabilities.

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Veterans Service Agency

Suffolk County is home to the largest population of veterans in New York State, and has one of the largest veterans’ populations of any county in the United States. We take our responsibility seriously when it comes to providing services for those who have sacrificed and risked so much for this country.

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Women's Services

The Office of Women’s Services is a county agency that serves women in all walks of life, at all times and passages in their lives. This is done through a number of services most are free and all are available to everyone.

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Youth Bureau

The mission of the Suffolk County Youth Bureau is to successfully meet the needs of Suffolk County Youth, under the age of 21, by ensuring effective countywide planning, thoughtful development, and efficiency in the management of resources necessary to sustain the County’s youth service system.

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Budget Office

The County Charter requires the County Executive to manage the entire budget- making procedure for Operating, Community College and Capital Budgets. The Operating Budget is the largest and most complex budget prepared by this division.

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Intergovernmental Relations

The Division of Intergovernmental Relations serves primarily as the liaison between all levels of government on behalf of the County Executive. Intergovernmental Relations works to develop strong effective relationships with the Federal, State, County and Town governments to ensure that programs, grants, aid and other benefits are afforded to the residents of Suffolk County. Through this division, many local concerns are addressed and are often brought to the attention of our representatives at the State and Federal levels.

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Stop-DWI

The Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Intoxicated (STOP-DWI) is a comprehensive program designed specifically to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries in New YorkState. County governments are empowered by state law to develop and implement a yearly plan of action that addresses impaired enforcement, prosecution, probation, rehabilitation, public information and education.

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Laws of Suffolk County

The Laws of Suffolk County, searchable and divided by chapter.

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Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency

The Agency was created by Chapter 200 of the Law of 1999, State of N.Y. The Agency is a corporate governmental agency, constituting a public benefit corporation, duly created and is authorized to acquire, erect, build, alter, improve, extend, renovate the Cohalan Court Complex. The Agency is empowered to make contracts,and leases, borrow money, and issue special obligation bonds for all of these stated purposes.

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Water Quality Restoration Fund Board of Trustees

Notices, minutes and important documents.

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County Executive News

Suffolk County Executive Romaine Issues First Executive Order Mandating the Removal of Names of Public Officials from County Signage

Order to Affect More Than 80 Signs Throughout the County - Ensuring Transparency & Eliminating Self-Promotion 

For Immediate Release 
January 4, 2024 
Contact: Press.office@suffolkcountyny.gov  
 

Suffolk County Executive Romaine Issues First Executive Order Mandating the Removal of Names of Public Officials from County Signage 

 

                                                       Order to Affect More Than 80 Signs Throughout the County - Ensuring Transparency & Eliminating Self-Promotion 

HAUPPAUGE, NY--Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine issued an executive order today declaring that names of all public officials, including the Office of the Suffolk County Executive, are to be removed from all County signage. The order affects more than 80 signs throughout the County. 
 
“The purpose of removing names of public officials from signs that belong to the people ensures transparency, eliminates poor practices of self-promotion and assures the 1.5 million residents of Suffolk County that we are committed to open government,” said Romaine. “Through this order, we are letting the residents know that they are the priority, not the elected officials.”  
 
Romaine took the same action in July 2014 when serving as Brookhaven Town Supervisor. 
 
According to Executive Order 01-2024, any reference to names of current County elected or appointed officials will be replaced with relevant information or contain facts about the location, including phone contact and website information. 
 
In addition, the order states that County signage is not to be branded or re-branded with names of newly elected officials or used for political self-promotion and advertisement at taxpayer expense. 
 
The order does not include properties, memorials and the naming and sponsorship of County facilities, parks and roads, pursuant to Chapter 1016 of the Suffolk County Code.  
 
For more information on Suffolk County’s departments and services, contact 311 or go to suffolkcountyny.gov.  
 
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