Opn. No.

Requestor: Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, Esq., Town Attorney Town of East Hampton 159 Pantigo Road East Hampton, New York 11937

Written by: Patrick Barnett-Mulligan, Assistant Attorney General

This is in response to your request for an Attorney General's opinion as to the authority of a town to suspend, without pay, a town police officer during the pendency of a disciplinary proceeding. In a telephone conversation, you indicated that your specific inquiry is whether provisions of the Town Law or the Civil Service Law govern the duration of the suspension.

You have informed us that the Town of East…