A driver crashed through a wooden barricade at Montauk Green early yesterday, damaging tents and artwork set up there for the annual Montauk Art Show, police and organizers said. Tracy Tullis reports in NEWSDAY that the driver, Nicoly Ribeiro De Souza, 23, of Farmingville, was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. Ms. De Souza was charged with driving while intoxicated and six counts of reckless criminal mischief, according to the East Hampton Town Police Department.

No other injuries were reported.

At about 3 a.m. Sunday, the Nissan Rogue crashed through six tents, causing extensive damage, said John Papaleo, a member of the executive board of the Montauk Artists Association, which sponsors the art show.

"There’s well over $100,000 worth of damage" to the artwork and the tents, Papaleo said.

"These people that come to these shows, this is how they make their living," he said. "This is their livelihood."

The Montauk Art Show, which opened on Friday, features the work of local and touring artists. About 50 people worked to clean up the damaged tents and other debris, Papaleo said, so the show could open on schedule at 10 a.m. Sunday.

The association’s member tent was also wrecked, according to Evan Reinheimer, a photographer who was exhibiting and is on the show’s organizing committee. About 30 artists’ work was displayed in that tent, most of it damaged or destroyed, he said.

The loss of artwork is devastating for these artists, Reinheimer said. Some of them "may have had their whole inventory in their booth," he said.

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A reality television star and Long Island restaurateur has sued the Village of Greenport and its mayor in federal court, alleging the municipality “targeted” his Mediterranean restaurant in an effort to shut it down.

Joseph Ostapiuk reports in NEWSDAY that Zeynel — or Zach — Erdem sued Greenport Village and Mayor Kevin Stuessi in federal court on June 23. Erdem is a star of HBO Max's “Serving the Hamptons,” which follows him and the staff of his Southampton restaurant, 75 Main. Zerdem also operates the Blu Mar Hamptons restaurant in Southampton.

The suit alleged that Greenport had issued “bogus tickets” and shut down ZErdem, his restaurant, during one of its first opening weekends in June 2023, according to the 18-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

Erdem alleged the Village of Greenport violated state and federal due process laws, and that his restaurant was treated differently than other nearby ones. Zerdem is seeking damages “in excess of $5 million,” according to the complaint.

In 2023, the village sued Erdem in Suffolk Supreme Court over alleged code violations, online court records show.

Timothy Hill, Erdem's attorney, told NEWSDAY that the village's actions were "an example of shocking disregard of the proper and constitutional procedures that need to be followed."

Hill said authorities "stormed" into ZErdem without a warrant in June 2023 and that the Village of Greenport “timed its unlawful raid and closure so as to disable the restaurant on one of its first opening weekends.”

Hill claims nearby restaurants weren’t issued violations despite having similar conditions on their properties, according to the filing against the Village of Greenport and its mayor.

ZErdem has been open for the past two summers.