26 Facts About George Maragos

George Maragos was born on March 17,1949 and was the 13th Comptroller of Nassau County, New York, USA.

George Maragos was first elected in 2009 for a four-year term and was re-elected in 2013 for a second four-year term.

George Maragos later became an associate in charge of developing information technology solutions for major multi-national commercial clients.

In 1989, George Maragos founded his own business, SDS Financial Technologies, and was its president and CEO for over 20 years until his election as Nassau County Comptroller in 2009.

George Maragos was elected as Nassau County comptroller in November 2009, and was sworn in in January 2010.

George Maragos was re-elected to a second term beginning in January 2014.

George Maragos released an audit of the Nassau County Police Department which revealed $96.28 million in higher-than-budgeted overtime costs and $382.27 million in savings from attrition from 2009 to 2014.

George Maragos gave credit to the Nassau County Police for keeping crime low and protecting Nassau County residents but proposed that the police department's management practices needed to be revised so that more resources could be directed to improve public safety.

George Maragos released a study in 2014 into the changing demographics of Nassau County.

George Maragos proposed that Nassau County should become a place where people would "want to come to receive the best medical treatments and where the next generation of miracle medicines would be discovered".

George Maragos urged greater focused investments in innovation, research and development, transportation infrastructure and IT to achieve this economic vision.

George Maragos conducted and released an audit of a county contract totaling $385,478 in order to monitor the removal of debris caused by Superstorm Sandy.

George Maragos released a study concerning the proposed privatization of Long Island Bus after over 35 years.

However, if negotiations failed and Nassau County was forced to contribute the full subsidy demanded by the MTA of over $36 million for 2011, then George Maragos ultimately recommended that privatization should be pursued.

In early 2011, George Maragos released an audit of the Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, which showed that on December 31,2010, the agency had $44 million in uncollected traffic violation fines dating back ten years and $26 million in uncollected parking violations in the previous six years with red light camera passed due tickets estimated at over $10 million alone on December 31,2011.

George Maragos released an audit of the Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs.

George Maragos went on to say that a complete overhaul was needed to restore the confidence of the public and to improve efficiency.

In January 2014, George Maragos posted all vendor names, contract amounts and brief summaries of public contracts to social media via Facebook.

George Maragos announced on September 29,2016, that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Nassau County Executive in 2017.

George Maragos stated that he had been at odds with County Republican leaders "for years" but, up until May 2016, he had still been donating heavily to Republicans and the County Republican Committee.

George Maragos was criticised by both Republicans and Democrats after his switch of party affiliation to run for County Executive.

George Maragos was unable to win name recognition outside Nassau County and ultimately was defeated and came in last place.

George Maragos attempted to run for the US Senate in 2010.

George Maragos said during an interview, "Some people would even like to marry with their pets," worried that the legalization of gay marriage could lead to the legalization of polygamy.

George Maragos later explained that his views had "evolved", believing in the right of a woman to choose and that same-sex marriage is the law and should be respected.

George Maragos has been married to Angela since 1973, and has two sons, Peter and Angelo, and two grandchildren.