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Suozzi targets state over cigarette tax

Youth groups and other social services would be the first victims of the State Legislature's failure to pass a $2 per pack cigarette tax that Nassau County had sought. County Executive Thomas Suozzi had bet on the cigarette tax to plug a $27-million hole in this year's budget. Without it, funding for youth and other programs would be cut, which would force them to severely curtail services to thousands...

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