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State Senator Brian X. Foley, a lifelong resident of the 3rd Senate District, was raised in the tradition of outstanding community service. He is dedicated to serving his constituents and reestablishing "good government" with his leadership skills, integrity and experience as a reformer. Brian resides in his native Blue Point with his wife Brenda and their two children. He attended St. Anthony's High School and continued his education at St. Michael's College in Vermont where he earned a Bachelors Degree in American Studies. Senator Foley has been active in the community, having served on the Brookhaven/Roe YMCA Board of Directors, the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Advisory Board, the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, and many other community based organizations. He is a past President of the Suffolk County Community Mediation Center and past Chairperson of the Sunrise District Boy Scouts of America.

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The Smart Choice for Change.

In November, 2008, Senator Foley was elected to represent the 3rd District in the State Senate. Because of Brian's outstanding reputation as a reformer in both town and county government, he was selected to serve as the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, despite this being his first term in office. Senator Foley also serves on the Education, Commerce, Higher Education, Crime Victims and Corrections, Environmental Conservation, Transportation, and Elections committees. His top priorities include cutting property taxes for Suffolk's working families, delivering education aid to our schools, alleviating the home foreclosure crisis, and providing jobs and healthcare for residents in the 3rd Senate District.

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The Experience to make change happen.

Senator Foley was first elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in 1993, and was re-elected five times to the seat once held by his father, John J. Foley. While in the County Legislature, Brian successfully sponsored legislation offering tuition incentives to help alleviate shortages in the nursing and engineering fields and helped to strengthen worker protections from second-hand smoke. He served as the Chair of the Public Works Committee, where a record number of projects helped improve infrastructure and create jobs, and as the Vice Chair of the Economic Development and Education committee. He was the founder of the Environmental Quality Review Board which was responsible for bringing greater transparency and effectiveness to protection and acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands as well as preserving county farmland.

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The Leadership that Led to Reform.

In 2005 Senator Foley was elected to the position of Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven; he was re-elected in 2007. As Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Brian was instrumental in reforming 25 years of corruption in Brookhaven by ending the practice of no-bid insurance contracts to politically connected firms, selecting experienced professionals to manage departments, and initiating a one-call Constituent Response System (451-TOWN) for residents to obtain answers from town government. In just two years as the Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Brian X. Foley cut a $15 million deficit, got the town its highest bond rating ever, created hundreds of new jobs and saved taxpayers $10 million through innovative fiscal policies. Brian oversaw the creation of a Committee on Ethics, the first of its kind in the Town, comprised of outstanding members of the community, which established a set of ethical standards for public employees to meet the test of public scrutiny. Following the defeat of the Community Preservation Fund proposal in 2007, Senator Foley established a Blue Ribbon Panel tasked with offering ideas for alternative funding to preserve open space.