Judge: Thomas Spota can run for fourth term
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota in Hauppauge.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota is not bound by the county's term-limits law and is free to run for a fourth term next year, a judge ruled Thursday.
State Supreme Court Justice Ralph Gazzillo said the county has no authority to impose term limits on offices created by the state constitution. Gazzillo's ruling also frees Sheriff Vincent DeMarco and county Clerk Judith Pascale from term...
