Bellone orders language translation help
Photo credit: John Roca | Suffolk County Supervisor Steve Bellone dropped in at the Disaster Recovery Center at the Lindenhurst Memorial Library and spoke about superstorm Sandy two weeks after it struck and the problems facing the county. (Nov. 12, 2012).
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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Wednesday signed an order requiring county agencies to translate vital public documents and provide interpreters to non-English speakers.
The executive order, expected to take a year to fully implement, is modeled after one that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed last year for all state departments. County officials said they would seek grants to cover most...