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Suffolk: LaValle says he can't forfeit 'tainted' Levy funds
Suffolk Republican Chairman John Jay LaValle admits he cannot fulfill a pledge to give prosecutors $100,000 that ex-County Executive Steve Levy donated to the county party.
That was just before Levy dropped his re-election bid and gave up his $4 million campaign cache to end a fundraising probe. "The reality is we just don't have it," said LaValle, who last spring vowed to turn over...
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