Suffolk County, NY

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• Bellone merger plan could negate Sawicki term limit

  Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki would be eligible to remain in office up to 12 more years if County Executive Steve Bellone's proposal to merge the offices of comptroller and treasurer wins legislative and voter approval.The proposed bill that 6/19/13 Read more »

• Long Island to get 2 video slot parlors

  ALBANY -- Long Island will get two new video-slot machine parlors -- even if a statewide referendum to allow casinos across New York fails this fall -- under a gambling-expansion agreement announced by lawmakers Wednesday.The deal, reached at midnight Tu 6/19/13 Read more »

• Letter: Alternatives to jail time lacking

  Your editorial "Turning point for Suffolk jail" [June 10] is unfortunately a bit misleading. Your recommendations on alternatives to incarceration are on point, but our governmental bureaucracy is in chaos. Every entity of government service is on the ve 6/19/13 Read more »

• Hasan Vaughan, Thomas Singletary to spend rest of life in prison

  The two men convicted of torturing and slaughtering three people in a Central Islip home before setting it on fire with two children inside were sentenced Wednesday to the maximum, ensuring that neither sets foot outside prison again.Suffolk County Court 6/19/13 Read more »

• Suffolk offers new way to register emergency details

  Suffolk County has launched a system that allows residents to preregister information that can be accessed immediately by firefighters and paramedics responding to emergency calls.County leaders Tuesday announced implementation of the Smart911 system, in 6/19/13 Read more »

Around the web

• Southampton Independence Party Supports Throne-Holst, Bender & Zapone

  deputy supervisor. The party also backed Independence Party member Jay Schneiderman for another term on the Suffolk County Legislature. Schneiderman is being challenged in that race by Republican Town Councilman Chris Nuzzi. Independence Party member Alex 6/19/13 from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Schneiderman Secures Funding for Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus

  indoor swimming pool, at the eastern campus of Suffolk County Community College. In the original capital budget proposed by County Executive Steve Bellone, construction funds were delayed until 2015 at the earliest. The Bipartisan Capital Budget Working Group, 6/19/13 from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Schneiderman: Sunday Bus Service Ridership is Increasing

  District Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman said this week that Sunday bus ridership on the two East End county bus routes has increased sharply this week over last, in some cases by more than 50 percent. Sunday bus service began as a pilot program 6/19/13 from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Stowmarket: Suffolk County Council’s decision to close middle schools is formally challenged

  County Council’s decision to close middle schools in the Stowmarket area will be formally challenged. An application of judicial review has been served on the council over its controversial decision to move from three-tier to two-tier schooling. The move to 6/19/13 from Evening Star Read more »

• Northeastern student pleads not guilty in second sex assault

  He pleaded not guilty and posted the $30,000 bail set by the judge, according to prosecutors and an employee in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department records division. Barry has been ordered to stay away from Mission Hill, Northeastern, and the Huntington 6/19/13 from Boston.com Read more »