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November 16, 2016

When is a tax cap not a tax cap. The answer is when, as with our New York State cap, bonded interest is exempt from the parameters of the cap.

When A Tax Cap Is Not Really A Tax Cap | STEVE LEVY When is a tax cap […]

October 4, 2016

Especially galling to Long Islanders is that while they will pay significantly to subsidize the upstate plants, they were required to fully bailout their own Shoreham plant with no assistance from any other taxpayer or ratepayer in other parts of the state.

Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant Steve Levy: A tale of two Cuomos and two nuke bailouts By: Steve Levy October 4, […]

September 19, 2016

Getting efficiencies out of the department is very difficult. Nevertheless, my administration was able to make substantial progress — though much of it has been reversed — by having civilians fill positions when possible, by scheduling more efficiently and by placing less expensive sheriff’s deputies on the highways.

Letter: Let Suffolk deputies do police work The Suffolk County Police Department has launched a new telephone hotline, […]

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