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NIFA: Mangano court challenge 'baseless'

Originally published: February 10, 2011 12:56 PM
Updated: February 10, 2011 10:44 PM
By CELESTE HADRICK  celeste.hadrick@newsday.com

A file photo of the NIFA board. (Dec.

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | A file photo of the NIFA board. (Dec. 30, 2010)

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority on Thursday asked a State Supreme Court justice to dismiss a lawsuit by County Executive Edward Mangano that challenges the watchdog's authority to take over the county's finances.

In a 147-page response to Mangano's suit, lawyers for NIFA, an oversight agency created by the state in 2000, dismissed the county executive's legal claims as "baseless."

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