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Rockville Centre co-op lets woman, 92, keep her dog

Mary Pasko with her toy poodle 'Coco' in

Photo credit: Newsday File / Thomas A. Ferrara | Mary Pasko with her toy poodle 'Coco' in her daughter's Rockville Centre home on Aug. 12, 2008.

The Hartley House co-op in Rockville Centre has settled a federal disability lawsuit by agreeing to let widow Mary Pasko, 92, keep her 14-year-old pet poodle, Coco, the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn announced Wednesday.

Pasko, who needs a wheelchair, attracted public attention and federal intervention in her fight after the co-op sued to evict the poodle under a "no pets" rule in 2007....

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