Republican Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino responded to accusations that he and others took Democrats» campaign flyers from utility poles by saying he was
unaware of town employees removing political signs while working for the town.
Republican Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino on Tuesday responded to accusations that he and others took Democrats» campaign flyers from utility poles by saying he was unaware
of town employees removing political signs while working for the town.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the town board went into an executive session to consider a potential agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association's bargaining unit that represents
many of the town employees.
Before we can take your candidacy seriously, I'd like to ask you to clear up any association with Councilman Steve Fiore - Rosenfeld and the investigation into the possible
use of town employees to collect nominating petitions.
In her statement accompanying the Democrats» announcement this week, she said, «I appreciate the
work of our town employees and respect their professional expertise.»
Asked about employees, he said: «The town has no actual
knowledge of town employees or officials receiving notices from the DA's office.»
«I don't
know of any town employees as part of their employment... removing signs from poles,» Saladino said at a town board meeting.
Anti-nepotism provisions included in those packages seek to restrict the
ability of town employees to take part in the hiring, promotion or supervision of relatives.
Further, given that the report has called for further investigations of the Highway Department such as a review of time cards for the past two years, it is clear that such investigations can not be conducted by Town of Clarkstown personnel now that the public trust in the
actions of Town employees and officials has been called into question.
He points out that in 1989 when the Town of Clarkstown's current Code of Ethics was adopted, there were multiple drafts and there was considerable discussion of a draft that included a
prohibition of town employees concurrently being officials or representatives of political parties.
And that is because he has forced
all of his town employees to sign an illegal gag order.
In total, 48
of those town employees — or 77 percent — have contributed a combined $ 165,000 to Republicans since 2006, according to state Board of Elections data compiled by the Singas campaign and reviewed by Newsday.