Suffolk to appeal term-limit ruling
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota speaks to the Suffolk County Legislature in Hauppauge. (April 19, 2012)
Suffolk County plans to appeal a state judge's ruling last week that declared the county's term-limit law unconstitutional and opened the door for Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota to run for a fourth consecutive term.
At a meeting Wednesday of the Legislature Ways and Means Committee, attorney Stuart Besen, retained by the county to handle the case, said he would file an appeal at the...