DuWayne Gregory, Suffolk County Clerk
DuWayne Gregory
Democratic
BACKGROUND: Gregory, 49, is running on the Democratic and Working Families party lines. The Copiague resident has been the presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature since 2014 and was its majority leader. He represents the 15th district, which includes parts of Babylon Town. Before his 2008 election, the Army veteran served as chief of staff to the-then 15th district legislator. He also worked for Babylon Town, including as commissioner for general services, and was associate director for Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corp. He has a bachelor’s degree in public policy from North Carolina Wesleyan College.
ISSUES: Gregory said he is not actively campaigning in the clerk race, which he signed up for to get his name off the ballot for a Congressional seat after losing the Democratic primary. But Gregory said if elected, he would want to modernize the clerk’s office to make records more accessible to western Suffolk residents who cannot get to Riverhead easily. He said he would also want to find a way to use information about foreclosures and business filings to provide resources to residents who are either at risk of losing their homes or want to start businesses, as well as to give residents a sense of the state of the local economy.
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