A New York prosecutor is reviewing allegations that county employees were promoting the passage of an upcoming voter referendum to spend $400 million to renovate the Nassau Coliseum.
The announcement was made Thursday by a spokesman for District Attorney Kathleen Rice. It follows a Newsday report that a large room in a county office building in Mineola appeared to be staffed by people making calls to promote the Aug. 1 referendum.
The newspaper took photos of posters in the room urging passage of the proposal.
State law bars public money from being spent for political ends. But an aide to County Executive Ed Mangano says the county was merely running an informational campaign, not promoting passage.
But the head of a business group opposing the plan wants prosecutors to investigate.
