Following the sightseeing helicopter/PA32 collision over the Hudson, the Teterboro controller (who was working the PA32 up until 60 seconds before collision) has been suspended. Desk side phone samples show he was involved in a conversation with an airport contractor about a dead cat removed from a taxiway which degenerated into "banter".
The unit supervisor has also been suspended because he was out of the building at the time of the incident.
Controller Bantering on Phone Before Crash - ABC News
NTSB officials initially said
"the controller failed to warn the plane's pilot of the potential for a collision with several aircraft in its path,
including the helicopter"
despite the helicopter not appearing on radar until after the PA32 left the frequency. NATCA seem to have forced a correction but that has cost them a place on the investigation.
NTSB changes key point in Hudson collision report - Yahoo! News
I'm surprised the details of the phone call have been leaked to the media and also that the NTSB seem to want to blame the ATCO involved at such an early stage.