Suffolk legislators, exec still split on police hiring
Quick ReadLawmakers in both parties said the hirings are needed because retirements have left the department short-staffed.
Photo credit: Newsday File / Alan Raia | A new class of Suffolk police officers graduate. (March 16 2007)
Debate over adding cops in Suffolk
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Neither Suffolk County lawmakers nor County Executive Steve Levy backed down Wednesday from their stands on replenishing police ranks with 200 new hires - a measure that carries a projected 20-year cost of up to $1 billion.
Levy reiterated that he will move ahead with the 70-member class planned for April, but said that a later class might be stalled by a projected sales tax shortfall of up...
