Steven Bellone County Executive Suffolk County Executive since 2012. Army veteran. Previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011. Named “Government Official of the Year” by the Association for a Better Long Island. Represents more than 1.5 million residents….
Dr. Charles El Mir, Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University. Funded by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, developing physics-based computational models that simulate mechanical events across a wide range of timescales. Investigating…
John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman since 2009. Trump Delegate. At 33 years old – elected in 2001 as the youngest Supervisor in the Brookhaven Town’s history. Prior served five years as a Town Councilman, having first…
Kathryn Wylde is President and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City – the city’s leading business organization since 2001. Prior Partnership – Wylde was the founding CEO of both the Partnership’s housing and investment fund affiliates….
Alan Dershowitz lawyer, jurist, author, and political commentator. Leading authority constitutional law and criminal law. One of the most well-known lawyers in America. Involved some of the most famous trials in recent history. Author of 20 works of fiction…
Saru Jayaraman Founder ROC Restaurants Opportunities Center. Andrew Tarlow Brooklyn restaurateur owns 4 establishments in Brooklyn. Minimum wage does not extend to tipped employees. A national campaign to seek minimum wages. United Director, Food Labor Research Center at UC…
Michael J. Palladino President Detectives’ Endowment Association – Inc. (DEA) – since 2004. Joined the NYPD in 1979 and made Detective in 1987, promoted to second-grade Detective in 1995. Chairs the union’s Health Benefits Funds – as well as…
John Banks President Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), 2014, representing major commercial and residential owners and builders, real estate professionals. Formerly ConEd 13 years. Early role in Koch Administration. Banks serves on the boards of the New…
Brooklyn Technical High School, elite New York City public high school that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 30,000 eighth and ninth graders seek entrance for 1900 seats. Approximately 1,900 to 1,950 applicants are accepted each year. Larry Cary, President Brooklyn…
Lynne Patton heads Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey. One of 10 regional administrators for HUD, with a $48.7 billion budget this year. She previously worked…
