In a decision that will help a local manufacturer compete in the global market, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) approved a cost-saving incentive package for a manufacturer located within the Hauppauge Industrial Park.

An affordable housing initiative in Amityville that will provide rental housing for homeless military veterans was unanimously approved by the Suffolk County Legislature.

To raise the public’s awareness of the consequences of childhood lead poisoning, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services will participate in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW), October 21–27, 2012.

Flanders, NY – October 19, 2012-- County Executive Steve Bellone today welcomed elected officials, environmental leaders, business and industry representatives, scientists, and residents to Hubbard County Park in Flanders to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Peconic Estuary Program. In a signing ceremony reminiscent of one that took place 10 years ago, when the PEP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan was finished, each of the officials signed a pledge to protect and restore the estuary that has been called one of the "Last Great Places" in the western hemisphere by The Nature Conservancy.

In an aggressive move designed to jump start revitalization in the new Village of Mastic Beach, Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone and Legislator Kate Browning announced an initiative to develop affordable housing through Suffolk County’s 72-h program, which seeks to rehabilitate tax defaulted properties.