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Suffolk County Legis. Leslie Kennedy Hospitalized
The 61-year-old has been "overworking" herself, a spokesperson from her office said.
A Suffolk County legislator was hospitalized on Thursday evening, a spokesperson from her office confirmed.
Legis. Leslie Kennedy, a Republican from Nesconset, was sent to St. Catherine's Hospital in Smithtown at about 5:30 p.m. after she began to feel ill.
The spokesperson said that the 61-year-old has "burnt herself out" by working every day.
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According to the spokesman, she had been "working 110 mph a day" and has been complaining about how many hours she has been working.
What probably put her "over the edge" was when she helped to clean a property across from the Suffolk County Police's Fourth Precinct and spent the hot day "removing bricks" and "overexerting" herself.
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Kennedy has still been working and is being kept overnight for observation but is expected to make a full recovery.
She is the legislator for the 12th district which covers Smithtown, Nesconset, Hauppauge, the Village of the Branch, Lake Grove and parts of Commack, Islandia and Ronkonkoma.
Photo: Facebook.com/Legislator Leslie Kennedy
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