A federal judge has temporarily blocked Nassau County from implementing a law allowing modification of county contracts, furloughs and pay freezes in order to finance tax certiorari judgments and settlements.
In issuing a preliminary injunction in Donohue v. Mangano, 12-cv-2568, Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt (See Profile) scrutinized Local Law 315-12, which permitted, among other things, pay freezes, furloughs and contract modifications. It also restricted hours of operation at county facilities and the shuttering or reduction of agencies not mandated by state or federal law. County Executive Edward Mangano proposed the law after the county legislature failed to approve bonds to finance settlements and tax certiorari judgments; the measure sought to reap $40 million in savings.
