Skelos' new push for Nassau borrowing plan
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | “We have a very wise state Court of Appeals and I’m very confident they will affirm we did the right thing by the constitution,” Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelossaid, regarding his plan to redraw the state Senate map to add a new, 63rd district. (Jan. 17, 2012)
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos tried Tuesday to revive an effort to allow Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano to bypass a financial control board to borrow millions of dollars to pay overdue tax refunds.
But the appeal -- coming with less than three days to go in the legislative session -- immediately hit a roadblock in the Democrat-led Assembly, where officials indicated they wouldn't...
