Shinnecock Indian Nation leaders said they have no intention of obeying a court order issued this week that they immediately cease operating the tribe's electronic billboards on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.

In a ruling Nov. 24, state Supreme Court Justice Maureen Liccione partly granted a request by the State of New York and the Department of Transportation for contempt of court orders against tribal leaders and their outside contractors for defying several previous orders to stop operating and maintaining the 65-foot digital billboards. Liccione ordered the tribe’s commercial partners to pay fines of $250 and attorneys fees in the case, but stopped short of ordering fines for the Shinnecock leaders.

In messages and interviews Thursday, leaders for the Shinnecock Nation said they wou

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