Paul L. Damato R

BACKGROUND

• Damato, 62, of St. James, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election.
• He has been an attorney in private practice for more than 36 years in the real estate tax reduction field, including as a partner at Murphy Lynch PC in East Norwich since 1993.
• Damato was appointed this year to Smithtown’s Zoning Board of Appeals.
• He was on Smithtown’s Planning Board from 2013 to 2015.
• Damato received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University in 1984 and earned his law degree from the School of Law at Hofstra University in 1987. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1987.