LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 2007: Sponsored legislation
to create an annual "Be Pool Smart" public education campaign
to promote pool safety.
- 2007: Sponsored legislation
to fund the single largest environmental protection program in Long
Island’s history.
- 2007: Sponsored legislation
establishing a pilot program in Huntington Station to determine the
effectiveness of security cameras in reducing crime and apprehending
criminals.
- 2007:
Sponsored
legislation to waive civil service examination fees for veterans.
- 2007:
Sponsored legislation
directing Suffolk County's Veterans Services Agency to offer a county-issued
Veterans Identification Card.
- 2007:
Sponsored
legislation to give veterans a discount on county park fees.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to prohibit Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders from loitering in places
where children gather.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to curb predatory towing practices.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
establishing a policy in Suffolk County to reuse and recycle electronic
equipment to reduce hazardous pollutants.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to acquire the 11-acre Mohlenhoff property in Huntington for use as
soccer fields.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
permitting the seizure and auction of illegal drag racing vehicles
to protect public safety.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
creating a domestic partner registry for Suffolk County residents.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to create a renewable energy park on county-owned property.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to establish an Ecology and Technology Park showcasing eco-friendly
technologies.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
establishing the "Safe Communities Initiative" task force to explore
the use of surveillance cameras to deter crime and help apprehend criminals.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
to ensure that environmentalists and historic preservationists will
always be represented on Suffolk’s Council on Environmental Quality.
- 2006: Sponsored legislation
making it illegal for any registered sex offender to reside within one-quarter
mile of any school, day care center or playground in Suffolk County.
- 2005: Sponsored legislation
to prevent price gouging by gasoline service stations.
- 2005: Sponsored legislation
setting a goal for Suffolk County government to purchase at least 25%
of its energy needs from non-polluting, renewable “Green Power” technologies
by 2010.
- 2005: Sponsored legislation
strengthening Suffolk County’s nuisance abatement law, commonly
known as the “Crack House Law,” by adding a broad range of violent crimes
to the list of prohibited offenses.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
prohibiting the sale, purchase and use of Alcohol Without Liquid (AWOL)
machines, which experts fear could lead to higher rates of alcohol
addiction, brain damage and drunk driving.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
creating a task force to review and recommend changes to Suffolk County’s
procedure for confiscating and auctioning delinquent tax properties.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
prohibiting companies or individuals that have been convicted of any
corruption-related crime within the past ten years from doing business
with Suffolk County.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
creating an Adopt-A-Shoreline program that will raise money through
corporate sponsorships to protect our local waterways.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
banning the use of Mobile Infrared Transmitter (MIRT) devices, which
can change traffic light signals from red to green within seconds.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
to establish an E-mail Bid Announcement System for Suffolk County.
- 2004: Sponsored legislation
to increase the fines for home improvement contractors who operate without
a license.
- 2003:Sponsored legislation
to create a dog run at Coindre Hall County Park in Huntington.
- 2003:Sponsored legislation
to levy fines for illegally clearing trees or building in the Long Island
Pine Barrens.
- 2003: Sponsored legislation
prohibiting the sale of all dietary supplements containing ephedra,
the first total ban in the nation.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
doubling environmental fines in order to restore funding to Suffolk
County health centers.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
to enforce prohibition on video voyeurism in Suffolk County.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
granting paid sick leave to county employees who donate organs or bone
marrow.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
to establish universal child sexual abuse reporting policy for Suffolk
County.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
to facilitate full public disclosure of election campaign finances.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
to acquire Hilaire Woods, an 8-acre property that is one of the
last remaining parcels of undeveloped woodland in Huntington Village.
- 2002: Sponsored legislation
designating "Prevention Is the Cure Week" to highlight steps that
people can take to reduce their risk of contracting breast cancer and
other diseases.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
to acquire and preserve Normandy Manor, an architecturally and historically
significant dwelling that served as the superintendent's residence of
the original Vanderbilt estate in Centerport.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
creating a "No Spray List" for Suffolk residents who do not want their
homes sprayed with chemical pesticides used for mosquito control,
the first program of its type in New York State and the most
comprehensive in the nation.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
directing Suffolk County's Board of Elections to research and report
on ways to increase voter participation, including the possibility
of voting via the internet.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
making Suffolk the first county in the state to ban the sale
of fever thermometers containing mercury, one of the most poisonous
substances on the planet.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
to purchase the environmentally significant Fuchs property in Northport,
a pristine 19-acre parcel that borders the Crab Meadow Watershed and
the Town of Huntington's Jerome Ambro Memorial Wetlands Preserve.
- 2001: Sponsored legislation
creating an "E-Government Task Force" that will make recommendations
about how Suffolk County government can operate more efficiently
through the use of the latest electronic technologies.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
establishing a "Safe Pets and Families " program to
protect domestic violence victims and their pets.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
creating a task force to develop a "Disaster Animal Rescue Plan"
for Suffolk County.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving in Suffolk,
the first such law in the nation at the county level.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
instituting a pilot program to test non-chemical alternatives to pesticides
to control the mosquito population.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
to fund a marine research program at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport
to help determine the cause of the lobster die-off in the Long Island
Sound.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
creating an easily accessible suggestion box on the county website.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
to purchase 83 acres of land adjacent to the Northport Veterans
Administration Hospital, preserving it as parkland and open space.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
to provide post-adoption counseling services for adopted children
and their new families, the first program of its type in New
York State.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
prohibiting the sale of herbal cigarettes to minors in Suffolk County,
the first such law in the state.
- 2000: Sponsored legislation
granting veterans free admission to county parks on Memorial Day
weekends.
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