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Islip reappoints airport consultant

A Southwest Airlines 737 plane taxis past the

Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

The Islip Town Board has voted to appoint a retired NYPD officer as a consultant on security at Long Island MacArthur Airport.

Thomas J. Coffey worked as a police officer and a union delegate in Midtown South Precinct for 20 years before retiring in 2010.

After a unanimous board vote Tuesday, he will receive $30,000 for a year’s work, providing “security consulting” at the airport, according...

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