PHILIP R. RAMOS

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

  • Ramos, 64, of North Bay Shore, is also running on the Working Families and Independence party lines and seeking his 10th term in office.
  • He is a retired Suffolk County Police detective. He attended Suffolk County Community College and graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy. He also worked as a therapy aide at the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center and later became an Emergency Medical Technician.
  • He was the first Hispanic elected deputy majority leader of the state Assembly in 2015.

ISSUES:

  • Ramos sponsored a bill supporting early retirement to save school district money and wants to increase the aid for Brentwood and Central Islip Schools
  • Ramos wants improved infrastructure by rebuilding Roberto Clemente Park to include a spray park, $2 million in improvements and $125,000 to install cameras and a security system, construction of a skate facility $250,000.
  • He also wants to make improvements to Ross Park, Vasquez Park, the Central Islip Senior Center, and construction of a pavilion and event-based structure for the Brentwood Downtown with a new landscape, fencing, cameras and security system $655,000.
NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

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