FORA.tv Speaker - Thomas R. Suozzi

Thomas R. Suozzi is the county executive of Nassau County, New York. He was first elected to the post of county executive in 2001, the first Democratic county executive since Eugene Nickerson left office in 1971. He ran unsuccessfully against Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for the race to be Governor of New York in 2006. The grandson of Italian immigrants, Tom Suozzi was born and raised in Glen Cove, New York, one of five siblings, and graduated from all Roman Catholic schools: Chaminade High School, Boston College, and Fordham University School of Law.