Suffolk lawmakers add $5M to Bellone budget
Photo credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas | Budget analysts warned that Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone's proposed 2013 budget is balanced on $210.4 million in one-shot revenue and savings, including the sale-lease back proposal, which would require state approval, as would a sales tax increase. (April 18, 2012)
Bellone: Suffolk in fiscal emergency
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
Suffolk lawmakers said Monday that they'll leave County Executive Steve Bellone's 2013 budget proposal largely intact -- including his police district tax hike for the five western towns -- while adding $5 million for recovery efforts after superstorm Sandy.
The legislature's budget working group, made up primarily of Democrats, released amendments to the $2.77 billion spending plan that Bellone...
