Suffolk ends 2012 with $155.5M deficit
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Steve Bellone addresses residents of Huntington Station as part of a listening tour. (April 22, 2013)
Suffolk County ended 2012 with a deficit of $155.5 million, far deeper in the hole than when County Executive Steve Bellone took office.
However, Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said the county this year has borrowed $37 million to fund a correction officers arbitration award that was on the books last year, and will sell a $19.25-million parcel in Yaphank. That will make for an "adjusted" 2012...
Bellone: Suffolk in fiscal emergency
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