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Karl Grossman on Calcaterra’s Tough Road

02.11.2012  |  No Comments ››

2/12 Sag Harbor Express: She’s a highly unusual chief deputy executive for Suffolk County. Regina Calcaterra is the first woman to hold the post. She’s an East Ender and thoroughly appreciative of life in eastern Suffolk. And her background growing up in Suffolk is extraordinary – living in foster homes and homeless shelters and worse. [...]

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Samantha Garvey No Longer Homeless

01.28.2012  |  No Comments ››

Samantha Garvey is Finally Home NEWSDAY January 28, 2012 by KEITH HERBERT AND SARAH CRICHTON Intel competition semifinalist Samantha Garvey has a home again. Less than a month after she and her family had to relocate to a homeless shelter, Garvey moved Saturday into a new home in Bay Shore. At a ceremony in front [...]

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Regina chosen as Chief Deputy Suffolk County Executive

01.26.2012  |  No Comments ››

Bellone taps Calcaterra for deputy exec December 1, 2011 by RICK BRAND / rick.brand@newsday.com Suffolk County Executive-elect Steve Bellone has chosen corporate fraud attorney Regina Calcaterra, who as a child lived in homeless shelters and foster homes in the county, as his chief deputy. Calcaterra, 44, co-director of Bellone’s transition team and an unsuccessful candidate [...]

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Testimony before the NYS Legislative Task Force on Redistricting

10.05.2011  |  No Comments ››

TESTIMONY OF REGINA CALCATERRA BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND REAPPORTIONMENT REGARDING REDISTRICTING October 5, 2011 Farmingdale, NY Mr. Chairman, Members of the Task Force: My name is Regina Calcaterra and I am a resident of New Suffolk in the Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, a county where I [...]

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Long Island’s Senators: Enemies of Reform: North Fork Patch Op-Ed

06.21.2011  |  No Comments ››

Political storm clouds are hovering around the process of redistricting both statewide – especially in regard to the State Senate and Congress and locally here on Long Island – in terms of the egregious overreach by the Nassau County Legislature.

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Supporting Governor Cuomo’s Property Tax Cap: The Suffolk Times & Riverhead News Review Op-Ed

05.25.2011  |  No Comments ››

Painful property tax increases could cease if state legislators wholeheartedly enacted Governor Cuomo’s property tax cap that limits annual property tax increases to 2 percent.

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Reintroducing Regina as Foster Child Advocate: NorthFork Patch

03.22.2011  |  No Comments ››

After months in the political spotlight, the 44-year-old attorney and New Suffolk resident, who grew up in poverty in an abusive family environment, is now spearheading an effort to get the word out about You Gotta Believe

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Blogette Names Regina a Woman with Stripes!

03.10.2011  |  No Comments ››

Regina Calcaterra, went from homeless teen to New York power attorney! Growing up parentless, homeless and in poverty on Long Island, Regina has beaten all adversity with a heart filled with determination.

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Regina as #3 Story of the Year, 2010: The Suffolk Times

12.30.2010  |  No Comments ››

In the summer of 2009 corporate attorney Regina Calcaterra, a political unknown who had never before run for public office, announced her intentions to carry the Democratic banner

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Newsday Features Regina’s Candidacy: Candidates Bring Different Styles to Campaign

08.01.2010  |  No Comments ››

Regina Calcaterra, 43, of New Suffolk, the likely Democratic challenger, is hailed by her supporters as a sharp, energetic fighter.

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