International Asbestos Removal seeks tax breaks, faces hurdles in quest to relocate to Sayville

A contractor business wants more than $300,000 in tax breaks to move into the old Rite Aid property on Sayville’s Main Street, but the hamlet’s town board representative contends the project doesn’t have enough economic payoff to justify the subsidies .

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