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Top Suffolk deputy exec quietly made permanent
Without fanfare, County Executive Steve Bellone earlier this month made permanent his temporary appointment of County Attorney Dennis Cohen as his chief deputy and bumped up his annual salary to $177,793 — more than a 10 percent raise.
Cohen will be making the same salary as his predecessor Regina Calcaterra who left to work for the state Moreland Commission, which is probing LIPA. The move...
