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Reasons why Suffolk shouldn't own nursing home

March 20, 2013 10:22 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank.

Photo credit: Newsday/Bill Davis | John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. (March 25, 2008)

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News12 Special video report: Foley nursing home sale

There are plenty of reasons why owning a nursing home no longer makes sense for Suffolk or any other municipality, but County Executive Steve Bellone has yet to offer them.

He's focused on the financial drag the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Home has become to Suffolk's operating budget.

The argument hasn't worked with lawmakers and the county union representing nursing home employees....

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