A top aide to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy took a pay cut when she quit her $99,268-a-year job to work for Islip Town’s newly elected supervisor, Phil Nolan.
Jeanine Dillon, 34, an assistant deputy county executive, who on her own time helped raised money for Levy’s campaign, resigned Dec. 8 after nearly three years on the job.
Dillon, who started her new gig as Nolan’s chief of staff last Monday
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In her new role, Dillon said she will help Nolan run town government by working with commissioners and department heads, as well as deal with issues raised by residents.
“I was very excited to come here. It’s a step up,” Dillon said in an interview.
Levy, who hired Dillon in January, 2004, when he came into office, said she was an asset to his administration.
“We can understand that she could not resist this opportunity to be the number-three player in Islip Town,” Levy said through a spokesman.