Lawmakers accuse Levy of foot-dragging on police hires
Quick ReadThe criticism came after published reports that Levy authorized hiring 70 new officers rather than a class of 100 budgeted to start in April.
Photo credit: Ken Sawchuk | Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy delivers his state of the county address at Stony Brook University. (Feb. 3, 2010)
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Suffolk lawmakers Thursday accused the administration of County Executive Steve Levy of foot-dragging on hiring 200 new police officers even though the county legislature raised police property taxes 3 percent to pay for two new classes.
The criticism came after published reports that Levy authorized hiring 70 new officers rather than a class of 100 budgeted to start in April, the first of...
