SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATOR  -  DUWAYNE GREGORY  -  FIFTEENTH Legislative District

Thank you for electing me to represent you!  It is truly an honor and a privilege to be your advocate and to address the concerns and issues of our community.  The 15th Legislative District is a diverse community ethnically, geographically and economically and it is our diversity that makes us unique and special.  It is my job to represent the interests of the entire community and with your help, working together, we will get it done. 

I believe that our government should be more accessible to its constituents and more responsive to their needs.  I will advocate making our streets and neighborhoods safer and health care more accessible and available, and I will fight to hold the line on property taxes.  It is important that, as a government, we provide critical services to those in need but that we also remain aware of the crushing pressure on the taxpayers of Suffolk County

Please feel free to drop by or to call the office if you ever need assistance.  We are here to help you. 

The 15^th Legislative District (L.D.) is located in the southwestern-most portion of Suffolk County. It is bounded on the west by the Nassau/Suffolk County line and on the north by the Babylon/Huntington Town line. It includes Wheatley Heights, Wyandanch, North Amityville, parts of Amityville Village, Copiague, North Lindenhurst, West Babylon, North Babylon, and the portion of Farmingdale which lies in Suffolk County. The district is made up of 44 election districts (E.D.s) with, as of the 1990 census, approximately 66,000 residents. The racial and ethnic make-up of the 15th L.D. is approximately 38.7% African-American, 9.3% Latino, 49.7% white, and 2.3% of other ethnic groups.

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Legislator DuWayne Gregory was elected to office in a Special Election in July 2008, continuing his lifelong career of public service.

DuWayne Gregory is a native of Long Island and is proud of his record of public service.  He enlisted in the United States Army in 1993, and later applied and was accepted to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS). Legislator Gregory was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Field Artillery.

After his years of service, DuWayne decided to end his service and received an Honorable Discharge.  With a deep desire to continue serving the public, in 2000 DuWayne was hired to work for Supervisor Rich Schaffer as the Town of Babylon’s Citizens’ Advocate. 

After Supervisor Schaffer left office, DuWayne worked for Town of Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone as the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Works/Buildings and Grounds Division.  In July 2002, DuWayne was appointed Commissioner of General Services.  In 2004, DuWayne went on to work for the Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corporation, leaving in 2007 as the Associate Director for Corporate Services to work as the Chief of Staff to former County Legislator Elie Mystal.  

DuWayne is proud of his record of accomplishments.  Due to his knowledge of procurement, DuWayne was appointed in 2005 by the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, to the Advisory Council on Procurement Lobbying. DuWayne is also a former member of the Route 110 Redevelopment Corporation.

DuWayne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Justice and Public Policy from North Carolina Wesleyan College.  He is a proud father of two teenage sons. 

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