SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATOR  -  BRIAN BEEDENBENDER  -  FOURTH Legislative District

Back to Top

Legislator Beedenbender has lived in the 4^th Legislative District for over 20 years. He grew up in Selden, and now resides in Centereach. He is a product of the Middle Country School District, and a graduate of Newfield High School. Following high school, Brian received his B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from James Madison University in Virginia. After JMU, he attended the University of Delaware, where he received his M.A. in Political Science and International Relations.

After graduation, Brian began working for County Executive Steve Levy as a Legislative Aide and then County Executive Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations. For 3 ½ years he helped the County Executive craft his general fund tax cut budgets, draft legislation, and instill smart government principles throughout Suffolk County.

Back to Top

In his three and a half years working in the County Executive’s Office, Brian helped to reform Suffolk County Government, draft good government legislation, and craft general fund tax cut budgets. As your Legislator, he will carry that work even further by proposing legislation that will make Suffolk County government a more transparent and accessible government, at the lowest possible cost to the taxpayers.

Please check back here frequently, to keep track of Brian’s legislative accomplishments as he begins his first term in office!

Back to Top

• Gave up county car, county cell phone, and 2009 salary increase, in order to save tax dollars

• Co-Sponsored and passed legislation to reconstruct and enhance Nicolls Road

• Sponsored a Capital Budget Program for safety enhancements and traffic calming on Patchogue-Holbrook Road from the LIE to Portion Road

• Sponsored and passed Fair Business Practices legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for licensed businesses in Suffolk County

• Sponsored and passed legislation to reform the process in which County government leases space to house various departments and offices, in order to save tax dollars

• Organized and sponsored a Senior Citizens Service Expo to educate seniors on the various services available to them from local, State, and Federal government

• Sponsored legislation to allow for deployed military servicepersons and their families to regain their home from Suffolk County if it is lost to tax default

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for the Suffolk County Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for the Middle Country Smart Growth Coalition in order to further plan and promote smart growth initiatives in the Middle Country area

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Sachem Community Youth Services in order to expand educational and recreation opportunities for students

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Middle Country Girls Youth Lacrosse in order to expand educational and recreation opportunities for student-athletes

• Sponsored and passed legislation declaring May 18 – May 24, 2008 as Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Awareness Week in Suffolk County

• Lobbied New York State representatives to restore aid and increase funding for the Middle Country School District

• Provided Middle Country and Sachem School Districts with the County specialized equipment inventory in order to encourage equipment sharing and taxpayer cost savings

• Formally requested that the Space Management Steering Committee search for municipally owned space to move the legislative district office out of leased space and into free space, in order to save tax dollars

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Selden-Centereach Little League in order to expand educational and recreation opportunities for student-athletes

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for the Right Start Foundation in order to expand the financial literacy education program for students

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Suffolk County United Veterans

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Centereach Veterans of Foreign Wars

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Hiawatha Elementary School PTA in order to expand the Parents as Reading Partners Program

• Sponsored and secured grant funding for Gatelot Avenue Elementary School PTA in order to bring a children’s book author to the school to speak with students

• Co-Sponsored and passed a Middle Income Home Energy Assistance program to help Suffolk residents stay warm in the winter months

• Sponsored and passed legislation directing the Department of Social Services to seek notices from towns and villages when a home is condemned in order to help children that may otherwise become homeless through no fault of their own

Back to Top