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Stripping NIFA's power would hurt Nassau

February 23, 2013 10:08 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

Ronald A. Stack, along with the rest of

Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein | Ronald A. Stack, along with the rest of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, voted on the county's 2013 budget and capital spending for superstorm Sandy in Uniondale. (Nov. 29, 2012)

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At a Mineola news conference, Nassau Comptroller George Nassau's budget deficit County supporters share mixed reactions to the budget NIFA's vote on Nassau 2012 budget

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A financial control board stripped of its most potent weapon isn't going to have much control. But that's what could result if a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Wexler stands.

Wexler ruled two weeks ago that the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state control board overseeing Nassau County's finances, did not have the power in March 2011 to freeze public employee pay hikes and...

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