June 9, 2015 – Suffolk County Comptroller John M. Kennedy, Jr. joined Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine and members of the Town Council in calling on New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to undertake a review of the proposed $440 million LIPA/ PSEG rate increase and reject it.

Comptrollers from Nassau and Suffolk met for the first time yesterday in a Bi-County effort towards fiscal stability to discuss their respective financial situations as well as creating new innovative initiatives to work together for the benefit of Long Island’s 3 million residents.

Suffolk County Comptroller John M. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the County was successful in negotiating new long term bonds resulting in a net savings of $6 million in debt service costs to County taxpayers.

On Sunday March 1st, 2015 the residents of Smithtown began their celebration of the Town’s 350th anniversary with a forty mile run around the borders of the town.

As I complete my first few months as the newly elected Suffolk County Comptroller, it is my intention to make sure that my role as your Fiscal Watch Dog is as transparent as I promised it would be during the election cycle.