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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Laws of Suffolk County

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

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.

County Executive News

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Regarding the Consolidation of Agricultural Districts and the Removal of Certain Parcels

  • 23 May 2025
  • Author: Chabon, Aimee
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Event date: 6/3/2025 2:00 PM Export event

NOTICE
OF PUBLIC HEARING


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Sections 303-a and 303-c of the NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE and MARKETS LAW, the Suffolk County Legislature will hold a public hearing on the 3rd day of June, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Rose Y. Caracappa Auditorium of the William H. Rogers Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, New York regarding the recommendations from the Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board with respect to a proposed consolidation of Agricultural Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 into Agricultural District No 1 and the removal of 376 parcels from Agricultural Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that Agricultural Districts Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7 currently include in excess of 55,000 acres within the County of Suffolk. Agricultural District 1 comprises the Towns of Southold and Shelter Island and includes 18,686.53 acres of farmland and underwater land. Agricultural District 3 comprises the Towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown and includes 34,878.13 acres of farmland and underwater land. Agricultural District 5 comprises the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton and includes 11,874.65 acres of farmland. Agricultural District 7 comprises the Town of Riverhead and includes 12,183.55 acres of farmland.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board recommends the consolidation of Agricultural Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 in order to respond more effectively to the challenges associated with agriculture and to make use of resources in a more unified manner. The Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board also recommends removing 376 parcels from Agricultural Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 as they are no longer being utilized for agricultural purposes.

The Clerk will accept written testimony via mail to the Clerk’s Office at the Suffolk County Legislature, William H. Rogers Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, New York 11788, or email to Guy.calla2@suffolkcountyny.gov, as well as recorded voice testimony at (631) 853-3685. Written and email testimony submissions will be attached to the minutes of this meeting as Addendum A. A transcription of the recorded voice testimony which was submitted will be attached to the minutes of this meeting as Addendum B. The Report of the Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and related documents can be viewed online at:

https://www.scnylegislature.us/DocumentCenter/View/121999/2024-Report-of-the-Suffolk-County-Agricultural-and-Farmland-Protection-Board-and-Related-Documents-PDF

Guy P. Calla
Clerk of the Suffolk County Legislature

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100 Veterans Memorial Hwy
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Hauppauge, NY 11788

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County Road 51
Riverhead, NY 11901