Bayport's Baker Elected to State Highways Association Board

Bayport resident Rich Baker was elected to the executive board of the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways at their convention in Buffalo last month.

The Islip Town Department of Public Works Commissioner is one of 16 voting members representing 932 towns for the association throughout New York State, handling the downstate counties of Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester as well as the five boroughs of New York City.  

The mission of the association- the largest in the state, with 1,100 members- is to preserve and improve New York’s infrastructure and the needs of local highway departments and communities.

Baker was asked to serve on the association's Legislative Committee, which works to secure larger shares of transportation funding and reviews any legislation concerning local highways.