Suffolk deficit could fall to $179M in '13
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | A photo of the Suffolk County Legislature seal in the lobby of the legislature building in Hauppauge. (Aug. 14, 2012)
Bellone: Suffolk in fiscal emergency
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
Legislative budget analysts predict that Suffolk's deficit could fall to $179 million heading into 2013, assuming success for big-ticket items such as employee health plan savings and sale of the county nursing home.
The legislature's Budget Review Office presented its findings Tuesday to a legislative committee, its first detailed deficit assessment since March. Back then, the office said...
