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LI sales tax revenue still plunging

Midway through the year, Long Island's sales tax revenue is still plummeting - with Nassau down 9.9 percent and Suffolk running 10.5 percent below last year's figures, the steepest drops the counties have ever faced. "This is a six-month period of sales tax dropoff that the county has never experienced," Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said. "We knew the numbers earlier in the year were low,...

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