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The Cost Of COVID: Staggering To Suffolk, Surmountable On The South Fork

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East Hampton Town police ticketed cars in beach lots during the early days of reopening. Since then revenue, like that from parking tickets, has dropped off. KITTY MERRILL

East Hampton Town police ticketed cars in beach lots during the early days of reopening. Since then revenue, like that from parking tickets, has dropped off. KITTY MERRILL

The closure of Southampton Town Hall, part of the mandated NY PAUSE, which shut all but essential businesses for weeks, meant a substantial, but surmountable, hit to the town budget. KITTY MERRILL

The closure of Southampton Town Hall, part of the mandated NY PAUSE, which shut all but essential businesses for weeks, meant a substantial, but surmountable, hit to the town budget. KITTY MERRILL

Kitty Merrill on Jul 13, 2020
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has repeatedly lamented the county’s dire fiscal state precipitated by the cost of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the concurrent shutdown of the economy.... more

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