Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to call attention to what he considers a misappropriation of funds by the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association (PBA). Trotta has written to NYS Attorney General Letitia James and asked that her office open an investigation into the PBA’s
Rob Trotta calls out PBA Wednesday, Oct. 23 practice of transferring member dues to its Political Action Committee and then distributing funds to political candidates through the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association PAC
Legislator Trotta is a former Suffolk County police officer who retired from the SCPD when elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in 2014 and is not a PBA member.
Trotta, citing NYS election law section 14-116 or corporations, believes the PBA is limited to a $5,000 a year contribution. Currently the law is not applied to unions.
According to Newsday, the PAC has contributed $87,005 to candidates and political committees this year. PAC funds have been distributed to both Republicans and Democrats including Trotta’s Democrat opponent Jan Singer.
Trotta has not received and said he would not accept contributions from the PBA or unions that have contracts that come before the legislature on which he is asked to cast a vote. He called on Jan Singer and all candidates who received funding from the PAC to return the donations.
Legislator Rob Trotta’s Letter to NYS Attorney General Letitia James
