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Suffolk County Water Quality Measure Won’t Be on the Ballot; Critics Blame Political Motives

authorStephen J. Kotz on Aug 1, 2023
A week after the Suffolk County Legislature, in a party-line vote, set aside a proposal that would have put a key clean water initiative on the November ballot, supporters of... more

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