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Lawsuit: NIFA takeover unconstitutional

Originally published: February 11, 2011 6:27 PM
Updated: February 11, 2011 9:46 PM
By REID J. EPSTEIN  reid.epstein@newsday.com

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano speaks in December.

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano speaks in December.

A key issue in Nassau's lawsuit against the state control board seeking to seize its finances is that the move violates the state constitution.

The argument, which attorneys for that board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, sought to strike down in a rebuttal Thursday, hinges on an obscure provision of state law that legal and state government experts said is untested in the courts.

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