Jan 23, 2013 12:50 PM
While Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone praised his leadership, the years Gregory Blass spent as head of the county’s Department of Social Services were marked by two contentious issues for Southampton Town residents: the continued operation of a pair of trailers housing most of the county’s homeless sex offenders and the more recent conversion of a Hampton Bays motel into a homeless shelter.
Mr. Blass, 62, who announced his early retirement last week, was appointed DSS commissioner in 2009 and, prior to that, held various public service positions over the course of his 35-year career, including serving as presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature.
“I have been mulling it over for a few months now, but I guess the clincher was when someone told me over the holidays that no one... more
Mr. Blass, 62, who announced his early retirement last week, was appointed DSS commissioner in 2009 and, prior to that, held various public service positions over the course of his 35-year career, including serving as presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature.
“I have been mulling it over for a few months now, but I guess the clincher was when someone told me over the holidays that no one... more
