While Nassau and Suffolk counties are eligible for up to $36.9 million from the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma, the opioid manufacturer, as part of a nationwide multibillion-dollar settlement, state officials said, towns and villages on Long Island are suing for the right to future settlement revenue.

The counties are eligible for money from a pot of $7.4 billion after the 50 states, the District of Columbia and four territories reached a settlement with the company and the Sacklers, the family that ran Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin manufacturer, in June, according to state officials.

But because of a June 2021 amendment to New York’s mental hygiene law, none of the settlement money will flow directly to the towns or villages. Mark Tate, a Savannah, Georgia-based attorney who is rep

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