Name: Al Krupski
Age: 52
Current Job: Southold Town Councilman
Current Salary: $32,567 (plus $2,000 as deputy supervisor)
Legislative Salary: $93,958
Al Krupski is the Democratic and Working Families candidate to replace Ed Romaine as 1st District Suffolk County Legislator in tonight’s special election.
Mr. Krupski, whose family owns and operates a Peconic pumpkin farm, served as a Town Trustee for 20...read more ››
Al Krupski has been a Southold Town Councilman for eight years and a town trustee beginning in 1985 for years before that. He is also a successful farmer on the North Fork as the head of Krupski’s Vegetable Farm, a business that he bought from his parents after receiving a degree in plant science from the University of Delaware.
And now that his three children are grown and either working or still in college themselves, Krupski, 52, is...read more ››
Sean Walter has spent the better part of the past six weeks hammering home to residents on the North Fork that his is the type of voice they need in the Suffolk County Legislature, where he’s argued his opponent would be little more than an extra vote for the Democratic super majority.
That opponent, Southold Town Councilman Al Krupski, has run a quiet campaign, knocking on doors and letting his record of bipartisan cooperation and...read more ››
To the Residents of Suffolk's First Legislative District:
My campaign for Suffolk County Legislator in the 1st district has been an incredibly positive learning experience.
I have met many people throughout the entire district who have a strong understanding of what is important to their community. My record of land preservation, environmental protection, and having a business friendly attitude has resonated to those who do not...read more ››
Al Krupski said protecting the interests of Suffolk's East End doesn't need to create clashes with county legislators hailing from more-populous western districts, closer to Jamaica, Queens, than Jamesport.
The Democratic Southold town board member -- a fourth-generation farmer -- is seeking to represent the legislature's 1st District, which is Suffolk's largest, stretching from Fishers Island to Center Moriches. A special election...read more ››
The two candidates seeking to succeed Ed Romaine as county legislator for the First Legislative District faced off in a debate last night at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead.
Southold Councilman and Deputy Supervisor Al Krupski, a Democrat, and Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter, a Republican, fielded questions about land use and development, agriculture and farmland preservation, the role and structure of county government and what...read more ››
Today, Suffolk County Legislature candidate and Southold Town Councilman Al Krupski claimed a major endorsement when the Long Island Federation of Labor, the largest labor organization on Long Island with more than 250,000 members announced its support in the January 15 Special Election. This adds to a number of other important labor endorsements for Krupski including the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association and Suffolk County...read more ››
The L.I. Environmental Voters Forum has endorsed Al Krupski in the First Legislative District race.
"A healthy environment and economy are key to the quality of life in this legislative district,” LIEVF chairman Richard Amper said in a news release. ”Al Krupski is by far the more environmentally-responsible candidate for this position."
Krupski faces off against Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter in the Jan. 15 special...read more ››
In the weeks after superstorm Sandy, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone became the public face of the county's recovery efforts. In this story, Bellone recalls his experiences in the worst local natural disaster in decades.
It was 30 miles from Suffolk County's emergency center in Yaphank to Copiague, where the only way to reach residents trapped in their flooded homes was with long-arm bucket trucks.
As Suffolk County...read more ››
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will lobby state lawmakers for relief from community college tuition payments, more day care aid for the working poor and approval to open a new gaming center.
Bellone Tuesday revealed his "state agenda" for 2013, after a year in which his office received most of its requests, including authorization to expand the red light camera program and open a local traffic violations bureau.
At the...read more ››
