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Suffolk executive: 'A tale of two Steves'

Steve Bellone speaks to Chamber of Commerce members

Photo credit: John Dunn | Steve Bellone speaks to Chamber of Commerce members from Suffolk County. (Dec. 3, 2011)

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Only hours before the name of Steve Bellone's new top aide surfaced last week, the Suffolk County executive-elect and county Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer lunched in Melville with the state's most powerful Republican -- Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre.

Schaffer said the timing was coincidental. Still, Skelos was one of the first people Bellone told about his choice...

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