28. Jeff Frayler

There are few people who can ruffle Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s feathers like this former U.S. Marine, who is president of the union that represents the county’s street cops. After Frayler’s union sponsored radio ads to promote truthinsuffolk.org, which details all the dirt ever found on the county exec, Levy ran a few ads of his own to counter the spin. The county and the union were bound to wind up in binding arbitration over the latest contract—meaning taking the debate to the public would be futile—but with Levy’s determination to “do more with less” with the police, like handing over Highway Patrol to the Suffolk County Sheriff, this is about more than money. It’s about survival.