When Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer introduced Steve Bellone at a fundraiser earlier this month, he told the crowd a poll the next day would show that "our great county executive holds a ...

A 33-point lead may not be insurmountable on a football field—unless it’s late in the fourth quarter—but it’s a very tough hurdle in a political campaign with time running out before the general ...

Steve Bellone hadn't meant for his first major news conference as Suffolk County executive to announce a crisis -- but he no longer had a choice. It was last March 6, and an expert panel he'd convened ...