Ryan Attard, former chief of staff to ex-Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, faced a $2,000 ethics fine for applying for a job at the Family & Children's Association (FCA) while overseeing its funding. Attard resigned just before applying for the COO and VP position, yet she had three weeks left in her county job at the time. The ethics board stated she crossed a line by being involved with the funding process. This violation adds to the scrutiny of the county's $105 million opioid fund, which has recently faced significant criticism and calls for review by current officials.
Attard's actions in applying for a job at FCA while overseeing its funding violated ethics rules, leading to a $2,000 fine from the county's Ethics Board.
The ethics violation is another troubling incident for Suffolk's opioid fund, which is undergoing scrutiny for its management and allocation of resources.
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