Steve Levy (politician)

Steve Levy
7th County Executive of Suffolk County, New York
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	Robert J. Gaffney
Succeeded by	Steve Bellone
Member of the New York State Assembly, from the 5th district
In office 2001–2003
Preceded by	Paul Harenberg
Succeeded by	Ginny Fields
Member of the Suffolk County Legislature
In office 1985–2000
Personal details
Born	Steven A. Levy August 25, 1959 (1959-08-25) (age 57) Glendale, Queens
Political party	Republican (was Democratic until 2010)
Spouse(s)	Colleen West
Residence	Bayport, New York
Alma mater	State University of New York at Stony Brook St. John's University School of Law
Religion	Catholic
Website	Official website

Steven A. "Steve" Levy (pronounced LEE-vee; born August 25, 1959) was the seventh County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, elected on November 4, 2003. Originally a fiscally conservative Democrat, Levy joined the Republican Party in an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor.

Steve Levy was born in Glendale, Queens. Along with his brother and sister, he was raised in Holbrook, New York by his father Andrew Levy, who owned a Brooklyn appliance store, and his mother, Marie Cavalcante Levy. His father was Jewish, descended from immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine, and his mother was Italian-American and Catholic (Levy was reared as a Catholic). He is a graduate of Sachem High School in Holbrook (1977), the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1981, magna cum laude) and St. John's University School of Law (1984). Levy married Colleen West on December 2, 1994, at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Sayville, New York. They live in Bayport, New York with her children from a previous marriage.

In 1984, Levy was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature where he served for 15 years (1985–2000). In 2000, he was elected to the New York State Assembly, where he represented the 5th Assembly District from 2001 to 2003.

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