Lesko focused on economic development in the Town and is the brainchild of Accelerate Long Island, an initiative to connect research conducted at Long Island's major universities and research institutions and connect them with entrepreneurs to create start-up companies on Long Island [REF].
Lesko also focused on redeveloping the blighted areas of the suburbs and redirecting development away from virgin land through a program he developed called "Blight to Light" [REF].