Nassau County’s fiscal watchdog slams Bruce Blakeman over $14M in diverted opioid funds: ‘Unconscionable’

Fuente: New York Post

Nassau’s fiscal watchdog is demanding County Executive Bruce Blakeman replenish nearly $14 million quietly pulled out of opioid settlement funds — and threatening to tank his next budget. Nassau Interim Finance Authority chairman Richard Kessel blasted Blakeman and his Republican administration in a charged letter for transferring millions in interest earnings from the county’s Opioid Litigation Settlement Fund into its general fund — where it can now be spent on anything. 3 Nassau County’s fiscal watchdog is demanding Bruce Blakeman return nearly $14 million from opioid settlement funds that his administration moved into its general account.