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Steve Levy speaks out against racism

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Tuesday for the first time apologized directly to the family of the Ecuadorean man killed in a Patchogue hate-crime stabbing for calling the incident "a one-day story" and urged "people of goodwill" to denounce such behavior. "It was a mistake for me to make that comment because it could appear to trivialize the tragic death of Mr. Lucero and for that I humbly...

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