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Horsley in top role until Lindsay returns

Deputy Presiding Officer Wayne Horsley is a Suffolk

Photo credit: James A. Escher, 2011 | Deputy Presiding Officer Wayne Horsley is a Suffolk legislator from the 14th District. (July 13, 2011)

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Suffolk Legis. Wayne Horsley describes himself simply as "a friend of Bill."

It's a reference not to Bill Clinton, but to ailing Presiding Officer William Lindsay. In Lindsay's absence, Horsley, the legislature's deputy presiding officer, has been thrust into the heart of Suffolk's unprecedented budget crisis and also has been dealing with a new administration that still is learning on the...

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