By Sandra Peddie and Eden Laikin, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar.

By Sandra Peddie and Robert E. Kessler, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar. 8--A private attorney incorrectly classified as an employee by five school districts will have to pay back pension money he's collected since 2006, the state comptroller's office said Friday.

By Stacey Altherr and Eden Laikin, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Feb. 24--On Long Island, where public education is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, four law firms control more than 60 percent of the estimated cost for legal services.

By Stacey Altherr and Eden Laikin, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Feb. 24--On Long Island, where public education is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, four law firms control more than 60 percent of the estimated cost for legal services.

By Robert E. Kessler, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Feb.