[1] Levy married Colleen West on December 2, 1994, at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Sayville, New York.

[3] Levy, then a Democrat who identified as fiscally conservative, ran for the office of Suffolk County Executive in 2003,[7] winning the election against Republican opponent Edward Romaine.

Levy directed increased funding for solar energy projects, clean-fuel cars, and sewer construction.

[8] Levy transformed Suffolk's long-dormant Gabreski Airport in Westhampton into a business park that is projected to create as many as 1,000 jobs.

For legal purposes, Levy remained a Democrat until November 2010, with the registration change taking effect after Election Day.

Levy's platform focused on getting the state's financial house in order and reining in spending, while decreasing property taxes.

Authorizing such a document requires a majority weighted vote of the attending members of the party; Levy received 42 percent, which barred him from entering the Republican primary, either by nomination or by petition.