Peter K. Van Scoyoc, Supervisor, Town of East Hampton

PETER K. VAN SCOYOC

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Van Scoyoc, 62, of East Hampton is the incumbent supervisor and has served 21 years in town government.
• He has been the supervisor since 2018 and before that spent six years as a councilman and 11 on other town land-use boards. He is also running on the Working Families Party line in the general election.
• Before becoming supervisor, he owned a residential construction and renovation company and a seasonal charter fishing business.

ISSUES:

• Van Scoyoc said he is running on his record of achievements, including the town’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and contaminated drinking water in Wainscott.
• He said wants to create affordable housing opportunities and that more than 20 acres have been purchased for affordable housing.
• He said environmental causes will continue to be a priority for the town, which has set a goal of meeting all the community’s energy needs through renewable sources by 2030. Part of that includes the installation of the first megawatt solar farm on a former town brush dump, solar panels on town buildings and recent legislation to restrict gas-powered leaf blowers during summer.

By Vera Chinese

vera.chinese@newsday.com@VeraChinese

Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.