Analysts: Suffolk cop contract will cost $268.7M
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Legislative budget analysts say the new eight-year Suffolk police contract will cost county taxpayers $268.7 million -- $85.6 million more than the Bellone administration has estimated.
Of many extra costs, the legislature's Office of Budget Review estimates the three biggest to be: an extra $45.8 million in retirement, $13.8 million in added Social Security expenses and $21.1 million in higher...
