Del Prado, I quote your words from your initial message:
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.
Based on this, did the conversation he was having distract him from his duties and was the conversation necessary whilst on duty?