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More coverage: The NIFA, Nassau saga

Recent coverage of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which seized control of Nassau's finances -- citing a $176-million budget deficit -- on On Jan. 26, 2011.

From left, NIFA members Leonard D. Steinman, Thomas

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | From left, NIFA members Leonard D. Steinman, Thomas W. Stokes, Ronald A. Stack, George J. Marlin, and Evan Cohen during the meeting at the Nassau County Bar Association in Garden City. (Sept. 2, 2011)