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East End lawmakers are asking that residents get their fair share of the vaccination rollout. (Shutterstock.)
EAST END, NY East End lawmakers have teamed up to voice their concerns about a lack of vaccine distribution sites in the area.
In a letter to New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, and Shelter Island Town Supervisor Gerard Siller, as well as East End mayors, Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, Assemblyman Fred Thiele, and Senator Anthony Palumbo all said they understood the difficulties in implementing such a massive endeavor.
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From left, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Southold Town police officer Garrett Lake and police chief Martin Flatley during the 2016 awards ceremony.
A former Southold Town probationary police officer’s suit against the town over his firing in May 2016 has won a victory in the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court, which has ordered the town to turn over videos sought by the former officer’s attorney.
Garrett Lake had argued in court papers that he was fired in bad faith due to political pressure. His and his attorney’s efforts to move the suit forward have previously stumbled in State Supreme Court with judges’ decisions denying an Article 78 proceeding aimed at returning Mr. Lake to the job.