Politics & Government

Southampton Town Notebook: Councilman Controversy and Reappointments

Southampton Town Board happenings during the week of Jan. 9

Tiffany Scarlato and Tamara Wright's jobs safe for two more years.

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A Hampton Bays contractor has accused  Councilman Jim Malone of failing to pay him $8,000 for renovation work and keeping him in a conference room against his will when he served Malone with a lien on Dec. 15.

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A design and construction consultant says he drafted architectural drawings for  Malone’s Hampton Bays house, but was then fired and never paid for the drawings, putting him out $3,850.

The planned forced retirements of senior police officers have been averted — for now, at least — thanks to an agreement with the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association that keeps the jobs intact in exchange for union givebacks.


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