Levy says he'll cut 750 workers if he can't sell nursing home
Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | FILE - Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy at a press conference after a meeting with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to discuss regional and statewide issues that affect each county. (May 5, 2010)
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Playing political hardball, County Executive Steve Levy Wednesday threatened to lay off some 750 Suffolk workers next year if county lawmakers don't approve the $36 million sale of the Yaphank nursing home and his fiscal plan.
Levy first first warned of 500 layoffs in a letter to all 6,700 members of the Association of Municipal Employees early in the day, saying the nursing home sale is the...
