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Suffolk Social Services commissioner retires
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Suffolk Social Services Commissioner Gregory J. Blass capped off a six-year tenure with a retirement ceremony Wednesday in which legislators, employees and community activists lauded him for boosting morale and steering the department through the challenges of the recession.
“He brought humanity to the office,” said Tom Sartain, bureau chief of family services for the Legal Aid Society of...