Immigration issue seen both helping, hurting Levy
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | In June of 2007, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy claims Newsday is bias in its coverage on illegal immigration and Newsday's reporting is incorrect regarding his position on illegal immigration.
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Steve Levy through the years
Top Suffolk Republicans were horrified in 1996 when most of their county legislators voted to make English Suffolk's official language. County Executive Robert Gaffney vetoed the bill, decrying its "message of intolerance." Then-county chairman John Powell said the GOP would not be the "party of exclusion."
But no one failed to notice how the controversy had packed the hall and set their phones...
