Rich Schaffer D

Supervisor, Town of Babylon

Credit: Rick Kopstein

Schaffer, 61, of Babylon, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic and Conservative party lines in the general election. He is seeking reelection.
He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from SUNY Albany, a law degree from Brooklyn law school and has been chairman of the Suffolk County Democratic Committee since 2000.
Schaffer was a Suffolk County legislator from 1987 until 1992, served as town supervisor from 1992 to 2001 and was elected to the supervisor position again in 2012.

For this past term, Schaffer cited the creation of full-time park ranger positions and the strengthening of the town’s public safety department as significant accomplishments.
He said he would like to focus on the hamlet of Deer Park and creating more of a downtown there, including possible code changes to allow for redevelopment and the creation of a façade improvement program.
He said he would like to continue work on the Copiague and Wyandanch economic development projects and the town’s CLEAN program to address littering.

Douglas W Sutherland