Source: BY SID CASSESE, Newsday (NY), 10:17 PM EST, February 8, 2009
Adding to his already combative relationship with county worker unions, County Executive Thomas Suozzi said he is considering privatizing Nassau's three sewage treatment plants and the police department's emergency ambulance bureau.
Tucked into the tail end of a report Suozzi made to the Nassau Interim Finance Authority last week, under "Other Opportunities," Suozzi said privatization in the two areas could save taxpayers "millions of dollars a year in direct labor costs and tens of millions in capital expenditures."
Adding to his already combative relationship with county worker unions, County Executive Thomas Suozzi said he is considering privatizing Nassau's three sewage treatment plants and the police department's emergency ambulance bureau.
Tucked into the tail end of a report Suozzi made to the Nassau Interim Finance Authority last week, under "Other Opportunities," Suozzi said privatization in the two areas could save taxpayers "millions of dollars a year in direct labor costs and tens of millions in capital expenditures."
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