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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

Suffolk County Executive Romaine Announces 'Solar-Up Suffolk' Campaign

Three-Pronged Program to Encourage Solar Installations by Residents and Businesses

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HAUPPAUGE, NY – Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine today announced ‘Solar-Up Suffolk,’ a new multi-pronged program to encourage solar power use by Suffolk residents and businesses. The announcement was made ahead of International Solar Appreciation Day, which is on March 11.

 

These programs will take place during April, designated as Earth Month, with a focus on education and information exchange on how to go solar and continue its use throughout the year.

 

“The threat of climate change is not in the future. We are experiencing it right now with more intense storms, worse and worse flooding events, and extreme heat in the summer,” said Romaine. “There is no silver bullet, but I believe that solar energy is one key piece of the puzzle. ‘Solar-Up Suffolk’ is a way for the County to encourage more residents and businesses to explore the benefits of solar power.”

 

The first program will be a Lunch and Learn “Solar 101” offered to Suffolk County employees. This program is structured similar to additional educational programs offered by the County’s Human Resources department and will include solar experts from the industry as well as a Suffolk County employee who has already installed solar on their home.

 

The second program is a Suffolk County Solar Fair which will take place on April 22 (Earth Day) which will feature numerous solar vendors, local research institutions like the Advanced Energy Center at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, environmental groups, and County departments. This event will take place in the H. Lee Dennison Building and will be open to the public.

 

The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is also expected to adopt a policy at its April 25 meeting that strongly encourages any business seeking IDA benefits to evaluate their building for the use of solar power. Many companies come to the IDA when they are building new or expanding existing facilities. This new policy will offer a timely opportunity for those companies to learn about how solar can offer long-term savings on their energy bills that will help their bottom line.

 

“Long Islanders were so good at adopting solar that we exhausted the New York State solar incentives years ago. With changing economic conditions, it is critical that the state find ways to support the adoption of solar to meet the aggressive climate goals that have been set,” Romaine said.

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P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788

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