
11. Thomas Suozzi
2004 Power List
His party held on to the majority in the Nassau Legislature, in large part due to this Democrat’s own popularity with voters. But having threatened Albany legislators, the Nassau County executive is not so popular with other politicians, and had to compromise on the Sewer and Storm Water Authority proposal. Lately, the county’s corruption hearings are calling this leader’s leadership into question. And he seems to have a Peter Schmitt poking at him all the time.