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Last-minute wrinkle stalls Suffolk sale-lease back proposal

A last-minute wrinkle to Suffolk County’s initiative to get a quick cash infusion by executing a “sale-lease back” for county buildings has put the idea on hold in the state Legislature.

The proposal won’t be contained in either the state Senate or Assembly budgets set to be voted on today. What the omission means for County Executive Steve Bellone depends on whom you ask.

“It’s not...

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