The North Amityville Fire Company, in the wake of a scathing 2023 audit that found more than a half-million dollars in improper spending, has been cited for spending thousands of dollars on local hotel rooms and hundreds on alcohol in the state comptroller's latest review of the company's operations.

The review , which was released earlier this summer, was done in June 2024 and covered the period of May 1, 2023, to May 3, 2024. It found $492 was spent on alcohol. The review notes that while that's a “vast reduction” compared with the $7,239 in alcohol purchases uncovered in the 2023 audit, “alcohol does not further Company purposes.”

Company executive assistant Paula Adams told auditors the alcohol was “purchased from the wrong account, and they had intended to purchase it from fund

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