Most of the states’ inflation reduction checks have been sent to mailboxes, but the payout of up to $400 won't be going to every state resident. Tiffany Cusaac-Smith reports in NEWSDAY that the checks — aimed at compensating New Yorkers for overpaying sales tax during heightened inflation — might not go to certain Social Security recipients who opted not to file state taxes because doing so wasn’t required, state officials confirmed on Wednesday. The inflation refund check program has several requirements, including that residents file their 2023 state tax returns, officials said. There is also an income threshold and the person can't be named as a dependent on someone else's tax returns.

Because of that stipulation, inflation refund checks might not go out to some recipients of both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), benefits that help people who are low-income, disabled, and 65 and older, according to officials.

Those beneficiaries who receive all their income from either program generally do not have to file state or federal taxes, experts say. Therefore, the nonfilers don’t meet the tax-filing requirement for the state inflation refund check, experts say.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration instituted the $2 billion check program to repay taxpayers after the state saw a surge in sales tax revenue amid heightened inflation, tax officials said. In New York, 6.5 million of the roughly 8 million inflation reduction checks have been sent out as of Wednesday, state officials said. The state's population is almost 20 million.

The payout on the checks can be as high as $400 for a couple who files together or a qualifying surviving spouse who earns a maximum of $150,000, officials said. It can be as low as $150 for a person who files by themselves or as the head of a household and makes "more than $75,000, but not more than $150,000."

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Turning Point USA, a conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk, has been thrust into the national spotlight since Kirk's assassination in September. New Turning Point USA chapters have been proposed at Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College. At least two academic institutions on Long Island have affiliations with Turning Point's K-12 educational arm, known as Turning Point Education.

Lorena Mongelli reports in NEWSDAY that Turning Point — whose founder had been criticized for espousing viewpoints like opposing same-sex marriage and advocating for traditional gender roles — has seen a surge in interest in opening new chapters across the country.

As an example of Turning Point's influence, the U.S. Department of Education announced shortly after Kirk's death that it had partnered with the organization and several other conservative groups to help launch civics programming in schools ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary next year.

Turning Point has also started making forays into elementary and middle schools, where it has sought to advance a "Christian, conservative values education."

But even while the organization gains new ground, experts said it is unclear whether it will have lasting power, particularly with young people.

"Whether or not a group like that can really shift a generation's politics, it remains to be seen," said Melissa Deckman, author of "The Politics of Generation Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape our Democracy."

Erasing the line between church and state is concerning, according to Michael O. Emerson, director of and chavanne fellow in religion and public policy at Rice University in Houston.

"The founders worked pretty hard at this idea of separation of church and state. Their ideal was we will not limit the practice of religion, nor will we as federal government, state governments, support any particular religion, because if we do, we limit the practice of other religions. So that is the concern," Emerson...

The bay scallop harvest on the South Fork opened in Southampton and East Hampton waters this month to expectedly dark prospects in the wake of a seventh straight summer in which the vast majority of adult scallops died in most local bays. Michael Wright reports on 27east.com that East Hampton Town baymen say that they have found only the barest few scallops, and many said they have not bothered to even go in search after Monday’s opening day in East Hampton waters. Southampton Town baymen, who started fishing town waters on November 3, have found only marginally more uplifting results, in a stash of the famously delicious but notoriously unstable bivalves that survived the summer on the edge of a navigation channel in eastern Shinnecock Bay off the shoreline of Hampton Bays.

Hampton Bays bayman Edward Warner Jr., who is a Southampton Town Trustee, said that the area of the bay south of Cormorant Point has seen the return of dense eelgrass, the aquatic grass that once carpeted most of the region’s bay bottoms and was seen as critical habitat for scallops and many other marine species, and that has helped support the collection of scallops in the area this year.

The brightest ray of hope for the scallop fishery, and perhaps the stock as a whole itself, has been the waters of western Moriches Bay, which have again produced a relative bounty of bay scallops for Brookhaven Town baymen — who have been keeping many of the seafood cases at East End shops stocked with the glistening beige morsels.

Even with that resource, however, local seafood shops reported only taking in a few bushels every couple of days and they’re charging over-the-counter prices of $55 per pound, or higher.

Harrison Tobi, an aquaculture specialist for the Cornell Cooperative Extension, said his surveys last month of more than two dozen scallop survival test sites revealed only a handful of live adult scallops. “We only had three live adults — so we thought it was going to be another really bad year,” Tobi said. “So it’s encouraging to hear that some are being caught.”

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The South Country school district which includes Bellport High School, has suspended all discretionary spending for the remainder of the fiscal year, just weeks after officials acknowledged that the district overspent last school year's approved budget by $3.49 million. Darwin Yanes reports in NEWSDAY that in a Nov. 6 letter sent to South Country staff members, John Belmonte, the district’s newly-appointed acting assistant superintendent for finance and management services, said that due to "significant fiscal challenges," the district must prioritize "available resources" to pay for operational costs. He said the spending freeze will apply to all "nonessential purchases, travel, conferences and new initiatives."

He added, "Moving forward, only essential items absolutely necessary to operate your programs and buildings through the end of this fiscal year will be considered for approval. All purchase orders and expense requests must clearly demonstrate how they meet this critical need."

The spending freeze went into effect yesterday. School officials said programming, including fields trips, related to the core curriculum of a class will not be impacted, but other elective field trips will be approved on a case to case to basis.

Belmonte previously said that last school year's overspending was in part caused by treasurer's reports submitted to the school board two to three months late, which lead the board having to cover "unanticipated expenses." The acting assistant superintendent said he did not believe "that there was any fraud or there was any theft."

Belmonte was hired by the district last month.

The South Country Central School District is located on the south shore of Long Island, within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County. The district includes the Village of Bellport and...

The Trump administration’s recent deal with drug manufacturers to lower the cost of popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications is a "game-changer," but the price for many Americans would still be too high to afford, Long Island obesity doctors said.

David Olson reports in NEWSDAY that the current price for Zepbound when purchased directly from the company is $499; it can be more than $1,000 when purchased through pharmacies. The lowest dose will cost $299 a month.

Novo Nordisk, which makes Wegovy, has not announced its prices.

Higher doses, however, generally are needed to help people lose significant weight, said Dr. Andrea Bedrosian, director of bariatrics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

GLP-1s currently are taken in injections, but Eli Lilly is asking for Food and Drug Administration approval for a pill, orforglipron, that it has agreed to price at $149 for the lowest dose, and $399 for other doses.

"That is still a very high price to ask," said Dr. Konstantinos Spaniolas, director of the Stony Brook Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center.

Even so, he said, combined with a planned $50 monthly Medicare copay for some GLP-1s that would cover many but not all Medicare beneficiaries with obesity, and possible Medicaid coverage, the deal "is a great step in the right direction to allow patients to get the care they need."

Medicare, a federal program for people 65 and over and younger people with certain disabilities, currently does not cover GLP-1s for weight loss, nor does Medicaid in most states, including New York. They do cover them for diabetes.

Medicaid is a state-federal program for low-income people. The agreement allows state Medicaid programs to purchase the drugs for $245, the White House said. States decide whether to cover the drug. New York "is still in the process of reviewing the announcement of the Trump administration," the state health department said in an email.

Low-income residents have the highest obesity rates, state data shows.

GLP-1 stands for glucagon-like peptide-1, a naturally occurring hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, digestion, and appetite. It works by stimulating the pancreas to release insulin, slowing down how quickly the stomach empties, and signaling to the brain that you are full.

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Similar to gatherings across the east end yesterday, in Riverhead, under wintry skies, with snow flurries swirling in cold, blustery winds, folks gathered at the War Memorial monument on West Main Street Tuesday morning for Riverhead’s annual Veterans Day ceremony. Denise Civiletti reports on Riverheadlocal.com that on the lawn outside the Suffolk County Historical Society Museum, where West Main and Court streets, intersect, is a massive granite block that bears a bronze tablet engraved with the names of the 304 Riverhead men who served in World War I. It is topped with a gas-powered torch whose flame burns day and night, year-round.

Originally erected in 1920 at the corner of Griffing Avenue and West Main Street, where the Historical Society was then located, the monument was unveiled on Memorial Day that year with great fanfare. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the late president, attended the dedication, which drew an “immense crowd,” according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The monument was moved to its present site in 1926, on land donated to the Historical Society by Alice Perkins, where the museum was later built and still stands today.

Riverhead Town Supervisor Tim Hubbard spoke at this year’s Veterans Day ceremony. “Every American has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. None of this would be possible without the sacrifice, dedication and service of our nation’s veterans,” Hubbard said. “They have truly made our nation and the entire world a better, safer, freer and more just place…Here in Riverhead, we are proud to be home to many veterans who...

As open enrollment begins this month for many health insurance plans, Long Island residents and businesses are seeing increases in premiums, some in double digits. David Olson reports in NEWSDAY that average increases include a projected 6.5% rise nationwide for employer-sponsored plans, 13% for small-group plans in New York and an estimated 11.6% for Medicare Part B standard monthly premiums. Experts said weight-loss drugs, medical advances, hospital consolidation, an aging population, and an increase in the number of people with chronic diseases are among the reasons health care costs are rising.

Most employers in a recent New York based survey said they will implement "cost-cutting changes" in plans — such as increased co-pays and deductibles — to address rising benefit costs and reduce premiums. Others are cutting back coverage of popular, but expensive, weight-loss drugs.

New York businesses with 100 or fewer employees that have small-group plans will see on average an increase of 13%, the largest hike in at least a decade, a Newsday analysis found, and nongroup, individual-based plans will rise an average of 7.1%. The increases for the state-regulated plans were approved by the Department of Financial Services, which noted that the price hikes were typically much less than insurers requested.

Medicare Part B standard premiums will rise by a projected 11.6%. For those on Affordable Care Act plans, premium increases could be massive in some cases, if more generous government subsidies passed in 2021 expire on Dec. 31. Democrats’ push to extend the subsidies is one reason for the federal government shutdown.

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About 100 community members gathered across from the Hampton Bays Firehouse this past Friday morning in protest of federal agents who conducted broad immigration sweeps throughout Hampton Bays and Westhampton last Wednesday. Another community gathering is planned for this coming Friday morning Nov. 14 from 8:30 to 10:30 at 92 Sunset Avenue in Westhampton Beach, across from the Westhampton Beach Fire Department. Beth Young reports in EAST END BEACON that Organización Latino Americana…OLA of Eastern Long Island…is urging residents to come to the Southampton Town Board’s meeting this coming Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Southampton Town Hall to “speak out about ICE.”

NYS Assemb. Tommy John Schiavoni (D-Sag Harbor) condemned the raids he said took place in Hampton Bays and Westhampton.

"Thousands across the country are being snatched off the streets without due process," he said in a statement. "Not only is this an affront to the United States Constitution and the New York State Constitution, but the lack of transparency harms the relationship of trust between public officials, law enforcement, and the public, putting civilians and law enforcement in danger."

ICE - United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement - is a federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety.

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The Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will be hosting a Veterans Day ceremony tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Agawam Park in Southampton Village. Prior to the service, there will be a short parade from the First Presbyterian Church, west on Jobs Lane, to Agawam Park. All veterans are invited to participate and asked to be at the church parking lot by 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Cars will be available for those who cannot march. The guest speaker will be Joan A. Furey, a U.S. Army nurse veteran. She began her military service in 1968 with deployment in 1969 to Vietnam, where she served as a second lieutenant and eventually earned the Bronze Star. Her post-war accomplishments include pioneering studies in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through her service

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a series of raids on the east end this week. According to immigrant advocates, in Westhampton on Wednesday, Edgar Tezen, 35, an immigrant from Guatemala, was partially pinned under the tire of a car during his arrest by ICE agents and was later hospitalized. So claims Melinda Rubin, a Riverhead-based immigration attorney who is representing him.

Southampton Town police, however, said Tezen was not run over by an ICE car. Town police went to a 7-Eleven on Mill Road after an ambulance was requested because Tezen was having respiratory problems, said Southampton Police Chief James Kiernan. His officers, he said, were not involved in the ICE action or arrests.

Bart Jones reports in NEWSDAY that the arrest, which is garnering attention partly because of a video made by a bystander, came several days after ICE agents smashed two windows of a car in Flanders to arrest an immigrant who was inside, said Rubin, who is also representing that immigrant.

Chief Kiernan said he drove past the scene of Wednesday’s Westhampton arrest not long after it happened and saw Tezen on the ground several feet away from the ICE vehicle. He said it was "ridiculous" to state Tezen had been run over by the ICE car, and the ambulance was not called for that reason.

Minerva Perez, executive director of the nonprofit OLA of Eastern Long Island, said the ICE actions were creating chaos, tearing apart families in an area where immigrants make up a critical part of the workforce.

NYS Assemb. Tommy John Schiavoni (D-Sag Harbor) condemned the recent raids he said took place in Hampton Bays and Westhampton. "Thousands across the country are being snatched off the streets without due process," he said in a statement. "Not only is this an affront to the United States Constitution and the New York State Constitution, but the lack of transparency harms the relationship of trust between public officials, law enforcement, and the public, putting civilians and law enforcement in danger."

It's unclear how many people have been swept up in these recent East End raids and what they've been charged with, though Islip Forward, a civic group that tracks ICE arrests, said at least eight people were detained Wednesday in Westhampton and Hampton Bays.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has announced beginning today it would impose a 10% reduction in flights at 40 major airports in over two dozen states, including Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and Teterboro in the metropolitan area. Long Island MacArthur Airport is not on the list, but flights there could be affected if they come from or go to the listed airports, including Boston Logan, Baltimore/Washington, Miami, Tampa and Orlando, Florida.

Peter Gill reports in NEWSDAY that like the government shutdown itself, it remains unclear how long the restrictions will be in place.

Rebecca Alesia, a luxury travel adviser with Wanderology, based in Nassau County, said flight travel is relatively slow now compared with the summer or winter holidays. "It will be interesting, to say the least, to see what will happen if this continues into Thanksgiving," she said.

Chicago-based United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement the company’s "long-haul international flying and our hub-to-hub flying will not be impacted ... Instead, we will focus our schedule reductions on regional flying and domestic mainline flights that do not travel between our hubs."

It’s possible, Alesia said, that other airlines will focus on maintaining their flights in and out of their major hubs, though much remains unclear.

"I think economics is going to be the driver" in deciding which flights are canceled, she said. "If you have a flight that's only 60% full ... that's probably going to be [canceled before] a flight that's at 100% capacity."

Tori Tomasheski, co-founder...

Officers from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency…ICE…swept into Hampton Bays and Westhampton Beach yesterday, setting upon immigrant laborer gathering spots and several local businesses that employ or are frequented by the undocumented and making several arrests as part of the largest local federal immigration sweep since the start of the second Donald Trump administration. Michael Wright reports on 27east.com that on Wednesday morning more than a dozen federal officers arrived in a caravan of what appeared to be their personal cars and mustered at the Hampton Bays Fire Department on Montauk Highway, from where they set out in a fleet of unmarked minivans, SUVs and two large white vans that witnesses to some of the apprehensions said were used like paddy wagons. Immigrant rights activists said that at least four people were arrested in Hampton Bays shortly after the officers fanned out from the firehouse. Arrests were made at the Hampton Bays 7-Eleven, outside the Dunkin’ Donuts and at a Latino-owned deli on Montauk Highway. The federal agents then quickly moved on to Westhampton Beach, where they stopped at the property adjacent to the 7-Eleven on Mill Rd. The agents were also reported to have visited at least two other businesses in Westhampton and made arrests — though the total number of arrests made is not known. Each of the raids yesterday did quickly draw an audience of angry residents — some who just happened upon the agents, others who were drawn there by calls or alerts on apps set up to track where immigration agents are — who took videos and pictures of the officers, the arrests and the aftermath. Many directed harsh — often obscenity laced — invectives toward the officers.

By about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday the federal agents had dispersed, returned to the Hampton Bays Firehouse and retrieved their vehicles and departed.

Minerva Perez said about 40 vehicles were parked at the Hampton Bays firehouse Wednesday morning, including vans that detainees were loaded into.

Southampton Town Police Chief James Kiernan said the town had not been alerted to the federal operation prior to the agents’ arrival and Town Police officers did not participate in any way — though a town officer did respond to the scene of a collision in Westhampton involving an ICE agent to conduct an accident investigation. A Southampton Town officer and detective were seen by witnesses at the scene for nearly an hour.

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Despite bipartisan support to pass a measure extending the length of terms for Suffolk County legislators, pushback has already emerged from Democratic Party leaders, including possible litigation to overturn the voter-approved referendum. Suffolk’s Democratic Party Committee Chairman Rich Schaffer told Newsday Tuesday night he believes the referendum will “be found unconstitutional,” forcing lawmakers to run again in 2026.

The proposition received just over 57% approval, according to unofficial results yesterday from the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Joe Werkmeister reports in NEWSDAY that voter approval of the referendum allows the legislators elected Tuesday to serve a four-year term. Those who take office Jan. 1 would run for reelection in 2028, however, due to the state shifting local elections to even years. Lawmakers said even-year election was the driving force behind the referendum to avoid three elections in four years.

Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee, said he believes the measure will stand up to a legal challenge.

He said the legislation to present the referendum to voters was approved in a bipartisan vote.

Republicans introduced legislation called the Term Limit Preservation Act in June. Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine signed the measure into law this past July.

Several experts Newsday interviewed recently questioned the legality of the measure...

Some results from east end elections yesterday include the race for south fork Suffolk County Legislator, 2nd District, where incumbent Democrat Ann E. Welker won reelection with nearly 70 percent of the votes.

In Southampton, Democratic Town Board candidate Tom Neely was the top vote-getter, followed by incumbent Republican Cyndi McNamara, in the three-way race for two seats. Incumbent Councilman Rick Martel will not return to the board. Democratic Town Supervisor Maria Moore was reelected, running unopposed. Overall turnout for the vote was low, with fewer than 12,000 voters casting ballots during early voting, with mail-in absentee ballots and at the polls on Tuesday. Michael Wright reports on 27east.com that in the most stunning results of the night, all five Democratic candidates for the Southampton Town Trustees cruised to easy victories over the five Republican candidates, unseating veteran incumbents Edward Warner Jr. and Scott Horowitz and Trustee Chip Maran. Warner Jr. is the longest serving member of the board, elected in 2005 to succeeded his father, who served as a Town Trustee for more than 30 years.

In East Hampton, Democratic Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez won, running unopposed, along with her town board running mates Ian Calder-Piedmonte and Cate Rogers. The 4 Trustee seats in East Hampton Town were also won by Democrats.

On the north fork in the Suffolk County Legislator race in the First Legislative District, Democrat Greg Doroski won an upset victory over Republican incumbent Catherine Stark, 52.09% to 47.88%, 11,219 votes to 10,311votes, according to the unofficial results.

Incumbent Southold Town Councilman Brian Mealy has been declared a winner by NEWSDAY.

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Suffolk County voters approved a referendum yesterday to extend the length of terms for county legislators from two to four years in a rebuke to the state shifting local elections to even years. Joe Werkmeister reports in NEWSDAY that winners in the Suffolk races will serve a truncated three-year term and can run for reelection in 2028. If the referendum, Proposition 2, had failed, they would have had to run again in 2026, essentially restarting the campaign shortly after being sworn into office in January.

Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine signed the Term Limit Preservation Act in July after it was passed with bipartisan support through the legislature, allowing the measure to appear on the Election Day ballot.

The proposition also changes the county’s 12-year term limit law to allow a legislator who reaches a 12th year in the middle of a term to be extended. For example, Legis. Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset), who won Tuesday, reaches her 12th year in 2027. Kennedy can continue to serve through 2028.

Republicans, in campaign materials, have urged voters to pass the proposition. Mailers from the Suffolk County GOP Committee said "Vote yes to term limits," although the proposition does not change the current 12-year term limits.

The Suffolk Democratic Party did not mention the proposition in campaign materials, according to campaign manager Keith Davies.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Rich Schaffer said late yesterday that Democrats planned to challenge the legality of the referendum in an effort to invalidate it.

"I believe that it will be found unconstitutional, and that then the races would have to be run again next year," Schaffer said.

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With all 22 Riverhead election districts reporting, a political newcomer, Democrat Jerry Halpin, a local church pastor, leads incumbent Republican Supervisor Tim Hubbard by a razor thin margin in the race for Riverhead Town supervisor. Denise Civiletti reports on Riverheadlocal.com that Halpin leads Hubbard by just 21 votes out of 7,761 votes cast, 3,891 to 3,870, according to unofficial results published by the Suffolk County Board of Elections early. this...

Today is Election Day 2025. The polls in New York State opened at 6 a.m. They close at 9 p.m.

If you have already voted you cannot legally vote again.

Registered voters must use your assigned polling place today, which you can find online at the NYS Board of Elections website: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/. This is where you can also check your registration status.

If you have an Early Mail ballot, you cannot vote in person on a machine; you must use an affidavit ballot.

For questions, contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections at (631) 852-4500.

Or visit their website: suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/BOE

Contested elections on the east end include:

Suffolk County Legislator, 1st District

• 1 Seat Open
• Gregory P. Doroski / Democrat – WF
• Incumbent Catherine L. Stark / Republican – Conservative

Suffolk County Legislator, 2nd District

• 1 Seat Open
• Incumbent Ann E. Welker / Democrat – WF
• Raheem Soto / Republican – Conservative

Town Clerk, Town of East Hampton

• 1 Seat Open
• Michael Hansen / Democrat – WF
• Jeffrey A. Miller / Republican

Town of East Hampton, Council Member

• 2 Seats Open
• Incumbent Ian A. Calder-Piedmonte / Democrat - WF
• Incumbent Cathy A. Rogers / Democrat – WF
• James P. Foster / Republican
• Scott W. Smith / Republican

Supervisor, Town of Riverhead

• 1 Seat Open
• Jerome Halpin / Democrat
• Incumbent Timothy C. Hubbard / Republican – Conservative

Council Member, Town of Riverhead

• 2 Seats Open
• Kevin M. Shea / Democrat
• Mark A. Woolley / Democrat
• Incumbent Robert Kern / Republican – Conservative
• Incumbent Kenneth T. Rothwell / Republican - Conservative

Supervisor, Town of Shelter Island

• 1 Seat Open
• Gordon Gooding / Democrat
• Incumbent Amber F. Brach-Williams / Republican – Conservative

Town of Shelter Island, Council Member

• 2 Seats Open
• Elizabeth Hanley / Democrat
• Gregory P. Toner / Democrat
• Thomas M. Cronin / Republican - Conservative
• Incumbent Margaret A. Larsen / Republican – Conservative

Town Clerk, Town of Southampton

• 1 Seat Open
• Mark A. Bernardo / Democrat
• Incumbent
• Sundy A. Schermeyer / Republican – Conservative
• Peter M. Collins / Working Families Party (WFP)

Council Member, Town of Southampton

• 2 Seats Open
• Thomas F. Neely / Democrat
• Incumbent Richard W. Martel / Republican – Conservative
• Incumbent Cynthia M. McNamara / Republican – Conservative
• Ieshia O. Galicia / Working Families Party
• Andrew Smith / Working Families Party

Town Clerk, Town of Southold

• 1 Seat Open
• Abigail C. Field / Democrat – WF
• Incumbent Denis Noncarrow / Republican – Conservative

Superintendent of Highways, Town of Southold

• 1 Seat Open
• Incumbent Daniel J. Goodwin / Democrat – WF
• Greg E. Schlachter / Republican – Conservative

Town Justice (Fishers Island), Town of Southold

• 1 Seat Open
• Katharine P. Stevens / Democrat – WF
• Stephanie K G Hall / Republican – Conservative

Council Member, Town of Southold

• 2 Seats Open
• Incumbent Brian O. Mealy / Democrat – WF
• Alexa N. Suess / Democrat
• Nicholas Planamento / Republican – Conservative
• Christopher M. Talbot / Republican – Conservative

Assessor, Town of Southold

• 2 Seats Open
• Dana M. Forlenza / Democrat – WF
• Leah M....