Suffolk's deficit-cutting plan gets pared
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in Bethpage. (June 1, 2012)
One by one, components of a deficit-cutting plan that Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced nearly three months ago have been abandoned, weakened or delayed.
Last week, the county legislature fell one vote short of approving a fare hike for Suffolk's disabled minibus riders. Bellone was banking on nearly $1 million in new revenue from the measure through 2013; now, if proposed again...
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