The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is organized for the purpose of advancing Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Civic, Tourism, Economic & Workforce Development.
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LONG ISLAND LOBBY DAY 2025
On 2/11/25 I headed to Albany with a diverse coalition of LI chamber and civic leaders, downtown planners, labor, environment and transportation advocates to lobby state officials for more funding and support for the Island’s pressing needs.
FACT: Long Island residents and business owners collectively contribute BILLIONS more to Albany than it receives!
Organized by Vision Long Island, the 17th annual LI Lobby Day coalition met with the region’s elected officials in the State Senate and Assembly, as well as representatives from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office to secure funding for transportation, sewage and infrastructure projects, housing, human services, environmental programs and to support legislation to benefit small business and encourage economic development.
Since its founding in 2009, 22 bills on the coalition’s agenda have been enacted into law, and over 35 budget and regulatory proposals were approved with key Long Island infrastructure projects funded.
In addition to the nearly 30 requests on this year's agenda to help our communities, I also learned that the U.S. Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision issued in June 2018 allowed NYS to collect sales tax from online vendors that were negatively impacting small businesses. HOWEVER, this money has not trickled down to the communities and downtowns! According to Senator Jack Martins this would likely have bi-partisan support.
Let's work TOGETHER to make sure we get our fair share in order to help local businesses hurt by online shopping!
PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE
RIVERHEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IT IS ONLY THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR REGION!
Thank you!
Liz O'Shaughnessy
Executive Director
Riverhead Chamber of Commerce
2024 in Review
Click below for just a small sampling of what we did in 2024!
2024 TREE LIGHTING
The 3rd Annual Riverhead Tree Lighting & Holiday Extravaganza
was a truly collaborative effort & a huge success!
Brought to you by…The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, Riverhead Townscape, Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead Lion’s Club, Riverhead BIDMA, East End Arts, East End Disabilities Association
Thank you to our sponsors New York Cancer & Blood Specialist, Catholic Health, The Riverhead Moose Lodge and Napa Auto Parts. And to the Town of Riverhead for their generous support!
2024 Riverhead Cardboard Boat Race was a HUGE Success!
Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, racers and everyone who came out to cheer them on!
Click links below for local coverage and more photos
WE HAD A GREAT MORNING DOWNTOWN AS THE RIVERHEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTRODUCED NEWS 12 TO SOME OF OUR MEMBERS !
Long Island Lobby Coalition ~ Albany NY
February 27, 2024
RCOC executive director Liz O'Shaughnessy and Riverhead Town Councilman Bob Kern travelled to Albany with a diverse coalition of leaders from Long Island to call for our fair share of infrastructure dollars to improve our health, our environment and our local economy. The bus trip, organized by our friends at Vision Long Island left Melville 6 am and the day was chock full of conversations and meetings with senate & house leaders as well as Governor Kathy Hochul’s office.
NYS Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio invited Bob & Liz into the house chamber, introduced them and recognized the work being done in Riverhead.
Did you know...LI contributes 14 billion $$'s more to the NYS budget than we receive?!?! IT'S TIME TO GET LOUD and be sure LI gets it's fair share!
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Riverhead Chamber of Commerce President
Meet Riverhead Chamber of Commerce President Connie Lassandro
Connie is an innovative and visionary leader, with more than thirty years of experience working in the non-profit and government sectors.
Professionally, Connie’s extensive and diverse career reflects a hybrid experience in housing and community causes, protocol and public relations, organization of celebrations, parades and diplomatic dinners to name just a few
Currently, Connie continues to sit on numerous boards and is CEO at CML Consultant.
2024 Community Partners
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