Former Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald X. Clavin – who abruptly resigned as supervisor earlier this month – abruptly resigned Thursday from a mysterious town job he was given to hold him over as he ran for county court judge. Details of the unorthodox arrangement to give a leg up to Republican John Ferretti as his replacement are still unfolding, and the questions are increasing.

Newsday previously has reported that the town dragged its feet for weeks to disclose Clavin’s title and salary after he resigned. The town then revealed his workplace, a defunct building in Roosevelt that has been boarded up since 2020. Clavin, the town acknowledged Wednesday, was given a town job that paid $179,375 a year with benefits -- the same as he earned as supervisor.

All this backtracking by Clavin an

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