Renee Ortiz drops out of race to replace Monica Martinez in Suffolk County Legislature
Renee Ortiz, one of the leading contenders to run for State Sen.-elect Monica Martinez’s seat in the Suffolk County Legislature, has dropped out in the name of love.
The former deputy legislative clerk, currently executive director of the Center for Social Justice and Human Understanding, says she is leaving her $125,050 a year job at the end of January to join her fiance, who has taken a job in North Carolina.

'It's definitely a destination' NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End.

'It's definitely a destination' NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End.



