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Suffolk County Resurrects Water Quality Funding Referendum, With Hopes of a November Vote

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Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine, center, and county and environmental officials at the announcement of the resurrected plan to create a new water quality protection with a 0.125 cent sales tax hike that will be put to voters for approval this fall.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine, center, and county and environmental officials at the announcement of the resurrected plan to create a new water quality protection with a 0.125 cent sales tax hike that will be put to voters for approval this fall.

authorMichael Wright on Feb 7, 2024
Suffolk County voters should get the chance to vote this fall on a broad new source of water quality protection funding that was kept off last year’s ballot by political... more

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