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Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko resigns to lead LI tech effort

Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko speaks during the State

Photo credit: Chris Ware | Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko speaks during the State of the Town address in Farmingville. (Jan. 19, 2012)

Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko, who has been dealing with a multimillion-dollar town budget crisis, said he is resigning next month to become the first executive director of the Accelerate Long Island project.

Lesko, 45, a Democrat and former federal prosecutor who won a special election for supervisor in 2009, helped found Accelerate Long Island, which seeks to transform the region into...

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