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Suffolk-led coalition tackles housing crisis

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, leading a downstate coalition of seven suburban counties, Wednesday launched an $87.5 million proposal to spur new affordable housing by offering communities financial incentives to help shoulder projects.

Levy said the initiative is the outgrowth of common regional worries that the counties' brightest young people can't stay because of high real estate...

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