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Hempstead Town to get $3.4M development grant
Photo credit: J.C. Cherubini, 2011
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced Tuesday that the Town of Hempstead will receive nearly $3.4 million in Community Development Block Grant funds for townwide residential and downtown improvement projects as well as development and jobs program.
Nassau gets a direct allocation of such funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. About 80 percent of the funds...
