Charles A. Lefkowitz

Chairman at Suffolk County Water Authority

Chairman, term as member expires in May 2028. Mr. Lefkowitz is a Setauket resident and has been the president of CALCO Development and Louis Lefkowitz Realty, Inc. since 1994. In total, Mr. Lefkowitz now leads five companies that own and manage millions of square feet of commercial properties and oversee a portfolio of more than 3,000 multi-family units. The companies combined have an estimated value of more than one billion dollars.

A Brookhaven Town councilman from 2000-2003, Mr. Lefkowitz as a councilman helped attract hundreds of jobs to the town’s Empire Zone, led the upgrade of the town’s website and technological capabilities and played a key role in the relocation of Town Hall to a modern facility. He currently serves as president of the Three Village Chamber of Commerce and has served on the boards of various community organizations, including the Three Village Civic Association and the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce. He was named Person of the Year by the Three Village Historical Society in 2015 and by The Village Times/Beacon in 2017 as well as Member of the Year by the Three Village Chamber of Commerce in 2015.

A 1980 graduate of Ward Melville High School, Mr. Lefkowitz went on to earn an A.A.S. in hospitality management from SUNY Delhi, a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Florida International University and a graduate degree in real estate studies from New York University.

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  • Chairman

    Current role