Suffolk Legis. Ricardo Montano showed up at Islip Supervisor Philip Nolan’s $300-per-head fundraiser at Gatsby’s — but supporting the supervisor wasn’t the main reason for his appearance.
Montano did shake Nolan’s hand as he entered the party last Monday. Then the lawmaker asked the supervisor if his brother George, counsel to the Suffolk Legislature, was there. Montano then walked over to George Nolan — and had a companion serve him with court papers, in a bid to stop a vote on a controversial immigration bill.
Montano got a temporary restraining order the next day.
Montano said he had “no choice” but to serve the papers at the fundraiser because the county attorney’s office in court late Monday said it could not represent the legislature on the issue. As a result, Montano had to give notice to the legislature’s attorney before the court hearing Tuesday morning.
The worst thing for Nolan: Montano did not even pay his $300 at the door.
Rick Brand