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Gov. Cuomo Orders Investigation After Brookhaven Fire Truck Seen Displaying Confederate Flag

Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone are calling for an investigation after a fire truck was seen displaying a Confederate flag.

September 1 2020

TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone are calling for an investigation after a fire truck was seen displaying a Confederate flag at a local parade.

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“I’m appalled by reports that a Confederate flag was flown on a Brookhaven Fire Department truck at a Patchogue parade,” the governor said in a statement Monday.

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