Sentences with phrase «as some county legislators argued»

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration has hired a compliance chief to improve accountability in the county's contracting system — even as some county legislators argued that the position couldn't be independent.

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Turnbull also argued that Democrats deserve credit for saving taxpayers money by fighting to renovate, rather than replace, the county Government Center, and that Jeff Berkman — a Middletown legislator who preceded him as minority leader — had pushed with Middletown's Democratic mayor, Joe DeStefano, to extend the county's Heritage Trail through Middletown.