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Watch where you point that finger

Suffolk Executive Steve Levy, left, and District Attorney

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Suffolk Executive Steve Levy, left, and District Attorney Thomas Spota in 2010.

Political allegations sometimes have a way of becoming messy affairs that turn accusers into accused.

Elected executives may have the tools available to vex their rivals and critics with accusations of impropriety. But putting them to work can backfire, as a couple of recent instances on Long Island show.

Former County Executive Steve Levy and aides used Suffolk's ethics apparatus in...

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