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Bellone hurt his chances on key Foley vote

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone gives his first

Photo credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone gives his first State of the County address in Hauppauge. (April 18, 2012)

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Members of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone's administration might have realized it had problems when its own real estate appraiser testified that it was "onerous and difficult" to get a variance that would allow the county to sell its nursing home in Yaphank.

Now, the 6-0 vote against the variance by the Brookhaven Zoning Board of Appeals is complicating Bellone's efforts to complete...

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