He is now working on identifying properties that the county should buy.

They appropriated $2 million to help the counties buy equipment.

The most were in Riverhead, where the county bought rights to 3,390 acres for nearly $11 million.

The county buys enough every month to wrap around the moon.

"Some people may ask why, given the economic climate, the county is buying another golf course," she said.

In addition, the county alone bought the wooded 36-acre northern back end of the farm for $3.2 million.

The county also bought the adjacent 36-acre parcel for $3.2 million.

The county is also buying helmets for its sanitation workers.

The county bought the building, which previously housed a finance company, in 1991.

But the county has so far bought just one piece of property, in Montauk, for $17 million.