A spokesman for the Suffolk County executive said officials had not seen the suit.

The governor and the Suffolk County executive would each appoint one member.

Even so, the subject has become an issue in the campaign for Suffolk County Executive.

A spokesman for the Suffolk County executive said the proposal's costs and legal implications would have to be studied.

The funds are already an issue in the heated race for Suffolk County Executive.

Perhaps the most important office at stake in Tuesday's elections is that of Suffolk County executive.

Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, said the problem went beyond civil servants.

A panel appointed by the Suffolk County Executive proposed raises up to 62 percent for the county's top elected and management officials today.

The Suffolk County Executive today signed the most restrictive local newsprint-recycling law in the nation.

From 1990 to 1993, Acampora worked as an assistant to the Suffolk County Executive.

John Klein, a Republican who was Suffolk County Executive from 1971 to 1980, said the dispute had a familiar ring.

Levy, a Democrat who describes himself as fiscally conservative, ran for the office of Suffolk County Executive in 2003.

The plan won the immediate backing of the Nassau and Suffolk County Executives.

Even so, the subject has become an issue in the campaign for Suffolk County Executive.

He is a former Suffolk County Executive.

The funds are already an issue in the heated race for Suffolk County Executive.

From 1990 to 1993, Acampora worked as an assistant to the Suffolk County Executive.

A panel appointed by the Suffolk County Executive proposed raises up to 62 percent for the county's top elected and management officials today.

In 1987 at the age of 34, Halpin was elected Suffolk County Executive, the youngest in the county's history.

The Suffolk County Executive today signed the most restrictive local newsprint-recycling law in the nation.