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Nassau could owe $230M in back pay, benefits if court rejects wage freeze

NIFA's George Marlin, left, issues a new critique

Photo credit: Chris Ware | NIFA's George Marlin, left, issues a new critique of a Mangano administration fiscal proposal.

Nassau could be on the hook for more than $230 million in back pay and benefits if an appeals court rejects a three-year wage freeze for the county's union workers, a legislative budget office said Tuesday.

The county legislature's independent office of budget review calculated that the wage freeze, imposed by Nassau's financial control board in March 2011, will save the county $180.7 million...

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