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Fire districts put private lawyers on public payrolls

When Gordon Heights residents mobilized to fight the high taxes they pay for fire service, they were stunned to discover that the fire district's attorney, William Glass, was on the payroll.

They complained that taxpayers in Long Island's most expensive fire district should not pay the Social Security and pension costs of a private attorney who had no office, filed no time sheets and had...

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