Suffolk County Legislative District 13

The 13th Legislative District (LD) of Suffolk County is located in the northern portion of Long Island, New York. It encompasses the Town of Smithtown and a small portion of the Town of Huntington. The district includes Smithtown, Fort Salonga, Kings Park, San Remo, Nissequogue, Head of the Harbor, and St. James, as well as portions of Commack and East Northport. The district is bounded by Route 25 to the south, Larkfield Road to the west, the Long Island Sound to the north, and the Brookhaven Town line to the east. 

It consists of 60 election districts with approximately 78,000 constituents.

Incumbent

Suffolk Co. Law Enforcement Org. (LEO) Political Contributions & Expenditures Made On Behalf Of Robert Trotta (not less than $9,175)
Excludes Political Contributions & Expenditures Made By Town, Village, and Nassau Co. LEOs

Committees

District Office
59 Landing Avenue, Suite 1
Smithtown, NY 11787

Phone: 631-854-3900; Fax: 631-854-3903

Email: Robert.Trotta@suffolkcountyny.gov           

Staff:

About Rob

Rob Trotta is a life-long resident of the 13th Legislative District. He grew up in Commack with his two brothers and graduated from Commack High School in 1979. He lives in Fort Salonga with his wife, two children and dog.

He graduated from C.W. Post with a bachelor’s in Criminal Justice and received a master’s in Labor Management Relations from Stony Brook University. For 25 years he worked as a police officer for the Suffolk County Police Department, retiring in 2013 with the rank of Detective.  For over 10 years he was assigned to the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, where he worked on complex cases ranging from money laundering to confiscating large quantities of cocaine from our streets. His hard work and passion for the job were recognized on several occasions by his superiors, including “Cop of the Year” in 1993 and “Detective of the Year” in 2001.

Over the years, Rob has been active with several local organizations, including Kings Park Soccer Club, Kings Park Neighbors Association, the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation and the Kings Park Civic Association. In 2005, Rob helped lead an effort to prevent the development of up to 2,500 units of housing on the former Kings Park State Hospital property. He advocated for and eventually won state support for the transfer of the 365 acre property to New York State Parks in 2006. As a board member with the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation, he helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for beautification and restoration projects, and persuade the state to begin the first phase of the park’s cleanup in 2012-2013.To this day, he continues to volunteer with the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation.

Rob recognizes that our quality of life, which includes safe neighborhoods, great schools, and terrific parks, is the primary reason why many of us have chosen to live here. Our residents expect our elected representatives to protect and improve these assets for future generations.

In early 2013, Rob decided to run for the office of Suffolk County Legislator. His campaign was largely based on becoming a full time legislator with the goal of making county government more efficient.

Legislator Trotta was proudly sworn in as the Suffolk County Legislator for the 13th Legislative District on January 2, 2014. He has been re-elected every two years and was sworn in on January 2, 2020 for his fourth two-year term. Legislator Trotta has vowed to put you, the taxpayer, first and to strive to ensure that our parents and children can continue to live on Long Island, to eliminate wasteful spending and to eradicate the corruption in Suffolk County.