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Hempstead Town construction to be allowed on weekends to help Sandy victims
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan
The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution temporarily allowing construction on weekends in order residents rebuilding their homes in the wake of superstorm Sandy.
The resolution called for temporarily suspending enforcement of a town code regulation that outlines permissible hours for conducting structural work on buildings.
The permanent code states structural...
