Politics & Government
Suffolk Approves Sale-Lease Back of County Headquarters
Deal gives county $70 million in cash.
Suffolk County legislators on Tuesday approved the sale and lease back of the H. Lee Dennison building in Hauppauge, the central office of many of the county's branches, including the county executive's office.
The $70 million deal scored approval from the governor in late September, and Tuesday's county vote finalizes the sale to the Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency.
County Executive Steve Bellone pitched the sale as a way to help trim the county's $300 million budget deficit in 2013. The county still faces a $180 million budget gap in 2014.
According to Newsday, the county will lease the building for $4.8 million a year for the next 20 years.
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