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NY investigates former emergency management chief

Steve Kuhr, who headed the Office for Emergency

Photo credit: NY.gov | Steve Kuhr, who headed the Office for Emergency Management for less than a year, was dismissed, Cuomo administration officials said.

The state inspector general is investigating New York's former emergency management chief over a lucrative state contract held by his wife's firm.

Steve Kuhr, an East Northport resident, was fired in November after he allegedly asked Suffolk County workers to clear a tree from his home after superstorm Sandy. Kuhr had headed the Office for Emergency Management for about one year before his...

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