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Joseph Cavanagh, ex-Suffolk labor commissioner, dies

Joseph Cavanagh, a former Suffolk labor commissioner and a longtime Long Island labor leader whose influence reached to the nation's capitol, died yesterday. He was 87.

Cavanagh died in his East Northport home after a four-year battle with prostate cancer.

"Joe Cavanagh was one of Long Island's premier labor leaders," said former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin, under whom...

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