Schnirman seeks donations same day Singas exonerates him
Not unexpectedly, Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that she had found no criminal wrongdoing by fellow Democrat, Nassau Comptroller Jack Schnirman, when, as Long Beach's city manager, he approved excessive separation and "drawdown" payments to mostly members of his management team. Yes, Schnirman, who left the city in Jan. 2018 when he took office as Nassau's elected top fiscal watchdog, allowed payments that were "excessive and inconsistent with the applicable law," Singas said. Yes, the payments resulted from "shocking ignorance of Long Beach laws and ordinances." Yes, officials who executed the payments demonstrated "incompetence and negligence." But no, Singas said, she found no evidence of criminal intent among anyone involved with the excessive payments. Schnirman served as the city's chief executive from Jan. 2012 through Dec. 2017. "During Mr. Schnirman's tenure as city manager,...