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Blighted school building still an eyesore

An abandoned school classified as a brownfield site

Photo credit: Newsday / Judy Cartwright | An abandoned school classified as a brownfield site will be demolished and cleaned up with a $200,000 federal grant to North Hempstead Town, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced. (May 11, 2012)

Judy Cartwright

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Judy Cartwright writes the Community Watchdog column

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After a recent Watchdog report on neighborhood eyesores -- unattended properties that have lost whatever neighborly qualities they once had -- a New Cassel resident called our attention to another one:

The Grand Street School, an elephant of an eyesore.

"The people who live across the street from the school are up in arms," Carol Bright said. "When is it coming down? That's what we want...

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