Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden has agreed to pay a $5,000 civil penalty for violating conflict of interest law by allowing his office to issue an official press statement aimed at discrediting his primary opponent days before the election.
In a statement on Thursday, the state Ethics Commission said Hayden was aware his staff intended to issue the statement and “took no action” to stop them.
The State Ethics Commission said that Kevin Hayden violated a conflict of interest law by using his official position to try to discredit his opponent when he.