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Rockland County exec race: Dagan LaCorte, Suffern mayor, apologizes for text to David Fried

Suffern Mayor Dagan LaCorte, who is seeking the

Photo credit: Faye Murman/Newsday | Suffern Mayor Dagan LaCorte, who is seeking the Rockland County executive seat, sent a damning text message to opponent David Fried last week. (Jan. 24, 2013)

Suffern Mayor Dagan LaCorte made a public apology at a campaign event in New City on Thursday night after he admitted he sent a damning text message to an opponent in the Rockland County executive race.

In the text, LaCorte detailed spy tactics that were instructions meant for his own campaign manager.

Standing before a group of more than a dozen supporters, LaCorte said he meant to...

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