A town in Long Island that previously employed a traffic consultant, who later acknowledged in court that his personal opinions might be perceived as bigoted, has terminated his contract and retracted its earlier defense.
Jeffrey Buckholz was let go by the Town of Oyster Bay mere hours after The Post revealed his extensive history of hateful and anti-Muslim posts on LinkedIn, alongside his under-oath admission that he could be viewed as a bigot, according to town officials and court documents.
Buckholz was brought on by local government agents to analyze traffic patterns surrounding a city mosque amid an ongoing legal dispute between Oyster Bay and the Muslims of Long Island group, which is advocating for the expansion of a mosque located in Bethpage.
“We are dismayed and furious to learn of this situation and are promptly terminating his involvement in this case,” stated Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino on Thursday.
During his deposition on October 3 in the federal lawsuit initiated by the Muslim group against the town, Buckholz acknowledged that his perspectives on Muslims and immigrants might be construed as bigoted, as detailed in the official transcript.
He further reaffirmed the racist social media comments that cluttered his professional LinkedIn profile, as revealed in the court transcript.
The comments included expressing approval of a post that stated, “Muslims can f–k off,” while commenting “they want to conquer us” on a post from Mayor Eric Adams regarding a holiday for Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, and making a joke about “gators gotta eat too” under a post discussing migrants in Alligator Alcatraz, according to court records and social media screenshots obtained by The Post.
Under oath, Buckholz expressed his opposition to “importing foreign cultures into the United States,” which he referred to as a “Christian nation,” labeled the Islamic call to prayer as “atrocious,” and asserted that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani poses a “greater threat to New York than the 9/11 hijackers,” as per his deposition.
However, Saladino’s outrage stands in stark contrast to the town’s previous assertion made just a day prior in which Town Attorney Frank Scalera staunchly defended Buckholz.
Prior to The Post’s report, Scalera condemned the MOLI’s attempt to dismiss Buckholz’s so-called expert traffic analysis and restrict him from testifying, labeling it a “foreign-based law firm’s effort to turn this local land-use issue into a political spectacle.”
Scalera also accused the group’s Linklaters attorneys of employing “dirty tactics” and of dragging President Trump, immigration debates, and essential American values into the conflict, dubbing it a “frivolous” attempt to force the town into sanctioning the mosque’s expansion.
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Now, just a day later, those same officials are retracting their support and distancing themselves from Buckholz, alleging ignorance of his racist posts or deposition statements until they surfaced publicly.
This change in stance adds yet another complex layer to the protracted federal discrimination case, which has already witnessed intervention from the Justice Department on behalf of MOLI and has seen Oyster Bay officials admit, under oath, to fabricating a fictitious grandma witness while altering zoning laws to discriminate against non-Christian places of worship.
“We appreciate the Town’s decision to retract Mr. Buckholz,” said Linklaters attorney Muhammad Faridi to The Post.
“His blatant prejudice exemplified the bias that has plagued this process from the outset. His participation underscored that this case has never centered on genuine land-use issues — it has always hinged on discrimination and questionable judgment,” he added.
