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Fiscal watchdog for Nassau calls 2025 budget 'extremely troubling'

The $4.2 billion budget for Nassau County in 2025 was adopted by the County Legislature with a vote along party lines. Newsday's Nassau County politics reporter Candice Ferrette reports. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas; File Footage

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