New county laws on books for LI in 2013
Photo credit: Patrick Oehler | Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman. (Feb. 5, 2008)
The new year brings Suffolk property owners a chance to earn new tax breaks for green construction, but also new restrictions on park and beachgoers, and new attention to the blight of old utility poles.
County legislators in 2012 passed 52 local laws, more than double the total in Nassau. All but a dozen -- most of which still await final filing with the state -- are already effective.
While...