Long Island Press Long Island Press
Serving the opinion leaders of Long Island
Long Island Press Long Island Press
Long Island Press Long Island Press
  • Home
  • Long Island News
  • Columns
  • Entertainment News
  • Living
  • Special Series
  • CURRENT LONGISLANDPRESS.COM
  • SECTIONS
    • Home
    • Long Island News
    • Columns
    • Entertainment News
    • Living
    • Special Series
    • CURRENT LONGISLANDPRESS.COM

The 8th Annual Power List

by Long Island Press on May 20, 2010

The eighth annual Long Island Press Power List underscores a tenuous time for Long Island. The Madoff effect poured salt in the wound of a deepening recession, the heroin epidemic gained a tighter grip on our children and voter anger challenged the certainty of incumbency. In other respects, such as the homogeneous complexion of our leadership, the status quo prevailed.


[popup url=”http://assets.longislandpress.com/photos/gallery.php?gazpart=view&gazimage=3169″]Click here to view more photos of the 2010 Power List[/popup]


A spot on the list can, at times, be a dubious honor, providing an unwanted dose of notoriety. More often, however, it reflects the culmination of one’s positive accomplishments. Whatever the reason an individual is selected as one of the 50 “Power Listers,” the amalgamation of their personalities and positions offers insight into the inner workings and interconnectedness of this peculiar place we call home. Because the Island is a patchwork of disparate communities without a true geographic or economic center, it is our leaders who stitch everything together and determine the pattern and hue of our sea-hugged quilt. This is the essence of the list: to examine the ties that bind us, so we may better comprehend the whole picture of who we are.

Questions arise every year as to how the list is compiled and what the determinants of power are. The vagaries of power are difficult to capture in a snapshot. Some in a position of power may find it an ephemeral possession depending upon his or her willingness or ability to exercise it, thereby resulting in a transient appearance on the list. On the other hand, those who possess inner power tend to find themselves in the position to continuously wield influence over their surroundings, thereby maintaining a more enduring place on the list regardless of title or station in life.

The most important ingredient in determining so-called “power” is a person’s influence. A person’s wealth, the office he or she holds, or a particular accomplishment may be the catalyst for Power List consideration, but it is the extent to which those elements are used to influence the candidate’s surroundings (i.e., Long Island as a whole) that is taken into the greatest consideration. Long Island is home to several men and women of wealth and notoriety who are able to claim influence on a larger scale than just Long Island, but it is the specific actions of those who influence our daily lives as Long Islanders that interest us.

There are names of people familiar to most of us who do not appear on the list, as they have entered the Power List Hall of Fame. To enter the Hall, an honoree must appear five times on the list, at which point they are immortalized with a caricature likeness and the promise of never being scrutinized for the list again (except, of course, in our updates section, where we look at what they have done since being inducted). This year we honor the following perennial Power List designees:

• Jeff Frayler, president, Suffolk County PBA
• Evelyn Ain, publisher, Spectrum Magazine
• David Mejias, partner, Mejias Milgrim and Alvarado
• Kevin Law, president/CEO, Long Island Power Authority
• Jay Jacobs, chairman, New York State Democratic Party
• Richard Kessel, president/CEO, New York Power Authority
• U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington)
• Robert Zimmerman, co-founder and partner, Zimmerman Edelson

Without further ado, we present the eighth annual Long Island Press Power List.

Kathleen Rice

1. Kathleen Rice

Nassau County District Attorney

After unseating longtime Republican predecessor Denis Dillon in 2005, Rice debuted on this list the following year as No. 24. In her sophomore year, having kept her campaign promise to wage war on drunk drivers, she jumped to No. 6 and since then has slowly inched her way up the Top 10. To make it to No. 1 status three years after her Suffolk County counterpart did the same was not only for consistency in keeping the pressure on DWI offenders, gang violence and the heroin epidemic, but the fact that this district attorney has gained enough support to launch a run for New York State Attorney General—which shows she’s got gusto both here on LI and far beyond. Whether she’ll win is anyone’s guess. Either way, we know she’ll be working for us.

PAGES
1 2 3 4 5 6
Your reaction
LOL
0%
Cool
0%
What!?
0%
Meh...
0%
Sad
0%
RAGE!
0%
Business News, Featured, Long Island News, News, Power List, Special Series
Alec BaldwinAlure Home ImprovementsAuto GiantBill O'ReillyBill SavinoBooner EsiasonBrookhaven LabBrookhaven National LabBWD InsuranceCablevisionCalvin ButtsCameron EngineeringChaminadeChaminade High SchoolCharles StrainCharles VigliottiCraig JohnsonCSEADemocratEd AmbrosinoEd ManganoFarmingdale CollegeFarmingdale State CollegeFarrel FritzFather James WilliamsFoxFox newsFrank BoultonFrank MackayFSCGary MeliusGary RichardGrassi and Co.Henry ScheinHofstraHofstra UniversityHubert KeenJames CarverJames DolanJames SimonsJeff ReynoldsJerry LarrichiuttaJetsJohn CameronJohn Jay LaValleJohn StaluppiJoye BrownKathleen RiceKevin McAllisterKirk KordeleskoLI DuckslijLisa TysonLong Island CompostLong Island DucksLong Island Press Power ListLou GrassiMacArthur AirportMichael DowlingMichael PosillicoNAACPNancy Rauch DouzinasNassau CountyNassau PBANewsdayNYSUTO'Reilly FactorOheka CastlePatrick FoyePC RichardPeconic BaykeeperPeter KingPower ListPress Power ListProgressive CoalitionRandy KingRauch FoundationrepublicanRichard IannuzziRivkin RadlerRuskinrxrSal FerroSamuel AronsonSamuel StanleyScott RechlerScott SpectorScotto BrothersSean HannityShinnecock NationSpector ArchitectsStaluppi Auto GroupStanley BergmanState University of New YorkSteve BelloneStony BrookStony Brook UniversityStuart RabinowitzStuart WilkinsSuffolk CountySUNYTheresa RizzutoTony ScottoTracey EdwardsVerizonWFAN
Alec Baldwin, Alure Home Improvements, Auto Giant, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Savino, Booner Esiason, Brookhaven Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, BWD Insurance, Cablevision, Calvin Butts, Cameron Engineering, Chaminade, Chaminade High School, Charles Strain, Charles Vigliotti, Craig Johnson, CSEA, Democrat, Ed Ambrosino, Ed Mangano, Farmingdale College, Farmingdale State College, Farrel Fritz, Father James Williams, Fox, Fox news, Frank Boulton, Frank Mackay, FSC, Gary Melius, Gary Richard, Grassi and Co., Henry Schein, Hofstra, Hofstra University, Hubert Keen, James Carver, James Dolan, James Simons, Jeff Reynolds, Jerry Larrichiutta, Jets, John Cameron, John Jay LaValle, John Staluppi, Joye Brown, Kathleen Rice, Kevin McAllister, Kirk Kordelesko, LI Ducks, lij, Lisa Tyson, Long Island Compost, Long Island Ducks, Long Island Press Power List, Lou Grassi, MacArthur Airport, Michael Dowling, Michael Posillico, NAACP, Nancy Rauch Douzinas, Nassau County, Nassau PBA, Newsday, NYSUT, O'Reilly Factor, Oheka Castle, Patrick Foye, PC Richard, Peconic Baykeeper, Peter King, Power List, Press Power List, Progressive Coalition, Randy King, Rauch Foundation, republican, Richard Iannuzzi, Rivkin Radler, Ruskin, rxr, Sal Ferro, Samuel Aronson, Samuel Stanley, Scott Rechler, Scott Spector, Scotto Brothers, Sean Hannity, Shinnecock Nation, Spector Architects, Staluppi Auto Group, Stanley Bergman, State University of New York, Steve Bellone, Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, Stuart Rabinowitz, Stuart Wilkins, Suffolk County, SUNY, Theresa Rizzuto, Tony Scotto, Tracey Edwards, Verizon, WFAN
About the Author
Long Island Press
You might also dig
 

Alec Baldwin and Dean Skelos Spar Over Twitter

by Rashed Mian on October 27, 2011
Chirp, chirp: A Twitter war has begun. 30 Rock star and avid political mouthpiece on Twitter, Alec Baldwin, traded shots with State Senator Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) on Wednesday, after the Senate Majority Leader criticized Baldwin for supporting [...]
 

Report: Baldwin says 30 Rock Ending in 2012

by Derek Johnson on April 6, 2011
Alec Baldwin, the star of NBC’s hit show 30 Rock, was honored Tuesday night at the National Dance Institute’s annual fundraising gala, and he told the folks over at New York Magazine some distressing news for fans of the show. The New York [...]
 

Jerry’s Ink: Dead Dogs, Buzzing Suitcases

by Jerry Della Femina on June 10, 2010
A lot of people have been asking me about the state of the health of my puppy Shlomo since the other night, when he ate all my Clarinex pills and the plastic prescription bottle that held them. Shlomo is fine and is looking to score some more prescription [...]
Long Island Press is a registered trademark of Schneps Communications. © 2017. All rights reserved.