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North Hempstead's Kaiman talks building codes

North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman. (May 24, 2011)

Photo credit: David Pokress

In his State of the Town address Wednesday, North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman said the town was in solid financial shape — and then spent a good portion of his speech talking about the building department.

Rocked by a 2007 corruption scandal that led to three convictions, the department has been criticized of late as being too severe and harsh in the permitting process, which can drag...

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