Council Member, Town of Riverhead: Andrew Leven
Andrew Leven, Democratic candidate for Riverhead Town Council, poses for a portrait at 1 East Main Street in Riverhead on Thursday, May 11, 2023. -- slVOTE -- (Note: re-send of this portrait requested by Stan Wolfson.) Credit: James Escher
- Leven, 63, of Riverhead, is making his first bid for office. He is running on a fusion line with the Democratic Party candidates. He is a former prosecutor who specialized in economic and health care fraud cases, and is now a defense lawyer.
- He earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law and has extensive experience in white-collar fraud prosecution with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey. He earned his bachelor’s in political science at Ithaca College.
- He grew up in West Islip.
- Leven said overdevelopment and crime are his top priorities. He opposes the pending EPCAL development. Asking the Industrial Development Agency to approve the mixed-use project is beyond that group’s scope, and there’s been little accounting for the impact of increased traffic, he said.
- He said he believes in asking those on the front lines of law enforcement their recommendations to solve the problems they’re seeing, then developing a plan for quick and longer-term results.
- He said he would look for more effective ways to enforce laws so people feel secure.
Tax hike in town's proposed budget ... Residents sue over industrial park plan ... Attacks ads targeting Suozzi paused ... Out East: McCall Wines
Tax hike in town's proposed budget ... Residents sue over industrial park plan ... Attacks ads targeting Suozzi paused ... Out East: McCall Wines
