Current and former township officials criticize him for decisions such as spending $75,000 in a capital-improvement fund for cosmetic upgrades at the municipal building and for the conduct of one of his aides who misrepresented the facts in his application for a township liquor license. Most recently, Moriarty's administration has been faulted for failing to file paperwork last year to prevent a builder's remedy lawsuit to construct affordable housing on a 130-acre site on Fish Pond Road.