Gary C. Bodenburg, Republican and Conservative candidate for the Brookhaven...

Gary C. Bodenburg, Republican and Conservative candidate for the Brookhaven Town Council's 1st District, at Town Hall on May 25. Credit: James Escher

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GARY C. BODENBURG

Republican

BACKGROUND:

  • Bodenburg, 43, of Port Jefferson Station, is an administrator in the South Huntington school district.
  • He is a former special education teacher in the district’s Walt Whitman High School. 
  • He received an associate degree from Suffolk County Community College; a bachelor’s in special education and elementary education from the former St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue; a master’s in liberal studies from Stony Brook University; a certificate in education leadership from Stony Brook University; and a doctorate in education administration and supervision from St. John’s University.

ISSUES:

  • Bodenburg said he wants to maintain safe and secure communities.
  • He said he wants to ensure that ongoing projects such as traffic studies and a Route 25A corridor study are completed.
  • He said it’s important to maintain roads and infrastructure, and make communities affordable.
FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  Credit: Newsday/File Footage; Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steven Day, Bebeto Matthews; Getty Images

'A different situation at every airport' FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  Credit: Newsday/File Footage; Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steven Day, Bebeto Matthews; Getty Images

'A different situation at every airport' FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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