Suffolk County Legislator, 15th Legislative District: Jason A. Richberg
Jason Richberg, Democratic incumbent candidate for Suffolk County Legislature District 15, poses for a portrait at Blydenburgh Park in Smithtown on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher
- Richberg, 41, of West Babylon, was elected in 2020 to the county legislature, where he currently serves as minority leader.
- He was clerk for the county legislature from 2015 to 2020. Before that, he was chief of staff for county Legis. DuWayne Gregory.
- He earned a bachelor’s in political science from Wilberforce University and a master’s in organizational leadership from Claremont Lincoln University.
- He supports a water quality referendum that would widely expand the use of sewers throughout the county and protect the aquifer. He also wants to diversify the county’s energy sources.
- He wants to expand use of a “land bank” program that helps clean up abandoned properties and move them back to tax rolls.
- He says his role is “chief advocate” for his district and wants to expand GED and apprenticeship programs and affordable housing units.
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