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Levy apologizes to family of Patchogue stabbing victim

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy yesterday for the first time apologized directly to the family of the Ecuadorean man killed in a Patchogue hate-crime stabbing for calling the assault "a one-day story" and urged "people of goodwill" to denounce intolerance.

"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,...

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