Hundreds protest Nassau social service cuts
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Nassau Social Service groups in danger of losing their county funding, held a news conference/rally outside of Nassau's Legislature Building in Mineola. (June 18, 2012)
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano
More than 200 social service advocates, parents and children rallied on the steps of the Nassau County Legislature Building Monday to protest looming cuts to more than 40 youth social service agencies.
But their chants of "fighting mad!" and appeals to the board during a subsequent legislative meeting were not enough to get county lawmakers to agree on a way to restore nearly $8 million in...
