County Executive Steve Bellone Archives

01.25.2021 COVID-19

‘Great day for Suffolk County athletics,’ as high-risk sports given OK for Feb. 1 start

High risk has its reward. It was beginning to look doubtful that high-risk high school sports will be played in Suffolk County this school year. Then a pair of...

01.15.2021 COVID-19

East End officials push back against ‘nonexistent’ vaccine rollout

A coalition of East End officials have joined together to call for an equitable share of COVID-19 vaccines for residents. In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk...

12.08.2020 News

North Fork locals team up to raise funds for youths in foster homes and homeless shelters

A single toothbrush and one tattered towel shared among five siblings. It’s a painful memory recalled by New Suffolk resident Regina Calcaterra, who grew up in and out of...

10.17.2020 Environment

Nitrogen-reducing septic systems to be required in all new construction projects

A new law adopted unanimously by the Suffolk County Legislature last week will require the use of nitrogen-reducing septic systems in all new construction projects. Lawmakers and environmental advocates...

08.06.2020 COVID-19

Bellone once again calls for Congress to provide disaster relief to local governments in coronavirus package

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone issued another “urgent plea” on Thursday for Congress to provide federal disaster relief to counties as they deal with the ramifications of the COVID-19...

08.01.2020 COVID-19

Krupski says county executive’s decision to drop bailout plan was ‘right thing to do’

A resolution that would have diverted monies set aside to preserve open space and farmland to instead plugging Suffolk County’s budget gaps has been withdrawn, and a special meeting...

07.20.2020 COVID-19

Bellone at odds with environmentalists over measure to plug budget gap

Environmental groups in Suffolk County are critical of County Executive Steve Bellone’s proposal to ask voters in November whether to use money set aside for environmental protection programs to...

04.30.2020 COVID-19

Bellone: Suffolk’s hospitalizations below 1,000 for first time since April 1

For the first time in nearly a month, less than 1,000 people are hospitalized in Suffolk County with COVID-19, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced during a media briefing...

04.08.2020 COVID-19

Cuomo: Now is not a time for complacency; Mobile ‘hot spot’ testing site coming to Riverside

Coronavirus related deaths in New York reached another one-day high, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced during his daily press briefing Wednesday afternoon. Another 779 COVID-19 related deaths were reported Tuesday,...

03.31.2020 COVID-19

Bellone: Fatalities in Suffolk rise to 53; county launches new portal for FEMA information

An additional nine fatalities in Suffolk County have been confirmed as linked to COVID-19, bringing the total up to 53, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Tuesday. The first...

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