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Barraga offers alternative to Levy layoffs

October 8, 2011 8:35 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (Sept. 14, 2011)

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In a budget crisis in which Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is looking to lay off hundreds of workers, and budget aides are warning of a cash-flow crunch, GOP Legis. Thomas F. Barraga is offering what he calls "a better approach."

At the legislature's budget committee last week, Barraga laid out a multipronged proposal he said could generate more than $100 million in revenue. He offered...

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