Louis D’Amaro and Christine Malafi are married and have two children.
But spectators at two committee meetings of the Suffolk County Legislature this week would not have known from the couple’s behavior.
Legis. D’Amaro (D-North Babylon) repeatedly referred to his wife by her professional title, “the county attorney.” And when Legis. Edward P. Romaine (R-Center Moriches) asked pointed questions of Malafi about the awarding of a contract to a law firm for workers compensation cases, D’Amaro didn’t raise his voice, though other Democrats on the ways and means committee did.
In fact, as committee chairman, D’Amaro helped arrange for Malafi to appear to answer Romaine’s questions.
For her part, Malafi referred to her husband as “Legislator D’Amaro” or “Legislator.”
So much for Republican assertions last year that D’Amaro, a freshman legislator, wouldn’t be independent because of his wife’s county job. D’Amaro defeated Dennis Garetano, who ran on the Independence and GOP lines, 53 percent to 43 percent.
James T. Madore
Comments (4)
I am having trouble getting your point here. Because they didnt raise thier voices and they referred to eachother publicly in professional terms, this means there is nothing for the public to question about thier possible closed door dealings?
It certainly appears that the "gist" of the blog is as long as professionalism and “decorum” is followed then conflict of interest is ok. However if you act otherwise, well I suppose it is still ok. A beautiful thing politics
Intresting on the questions associated with how the County attorney selected the workmans compensation law firm that now represents the county. Romaine appears only to be getting warmed up, uh oh!
Why is it that Levy's law school buddy and big campaign contributor now handling workers comp cases for Suffolk County, replacing the firm that had the contract for years? Seems fishy to me