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August 8, 2012

The ten year deal with Suffolk’s police union gives too much and gets too little in this time of fiscal austerity.

PBA Contract Bad Deal for Taxpayers STATE AND LOCAL WATCH SUFFOLK’S PBA DEAL GIVES US $200,000 OFFICERS The […]
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April 17, 2012

Local governments are hurting so badly due to state mandates that it is time for the states to grant authority to localities to freeze or modify some contractual provisions.

State and Local Watch: State Crushed Budgets STATE AND LOCAL WATCH By Steve Levy, Exclusive for LIBN The State […]
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April 9, 2012

Read about opening the HOV lanes, New York’s tax increases, overblown deficit estimates, and consolidating districts

State and Local Watch April 9, 2012 State and Local Watch A Weekly Column by Steve Levy Long […]
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