Armory under fire by competing interests
Photo credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp | New York State Armory on East 5th Street in Huntington Station, New York. (June 11, 2012)
Responding to a yearslong demand from residents for a community center in Huntington Station, town officials thought the recently shuttered state-owned armory on East Fifth Street would be ideal, especially with its proximity to Manor Field Park.
But Eric Farina, director of Veterans Affairs at Farmingdale State College and co-founder of the Long Island Veterans Initiative at Farmingdale,...
