Garden City, NY

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• Garden City discrimination trial opens

  The Village of Garden City practiced discrimination when it rezoned a Nassau County-owned property with the intent of keeping minorities out of the affluent village, a plaintiffs' attorney said Monday in a long-awaited housing discrimination trial. But l 6/17/13 Read more »

• Nassau Dems decry state borrowing proposal

  Nassau Democratic lawmakers and political candidates voiced their opposition Monday to a state proposal that would allow Nassau County to borrow up to $250 million while bypassing the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state watchdog in control of the c 6/17/13 Read more »

• Wall honors postal service workers who are veterans

  Nassau politicians and U.S. Post Office officials unveiled a Veterans Wall on Flag Day Friday at the Western Nassau Processing and Distribution postal center in Garden City, to honor the facility's military veteran employees."You have not only served you   Read more »

• Smithtown West's Kaitlin Clancy shoots 77 in state golf

  Smithtown West junior Kaitlin Clancy shot 5-over-par 77 and was tied for seventh after the first round of the Girls Golf State Championship at SUNY Delhi Saturday.Syosset sophomore Elizabeth Choi and Garden City Maroon freshman Alana McAndrews both shot   Read more »

• Winner: Phil Costa

  Phil CostaCourt clerkspecialistPhil Costa of Garden City has been chosen as the 2013 recipient of the Nassau County Bar Association's Peter T. Affatato Court Employee of the Year award in recognition of his efforts "encouraging the highest ethics and ide   Read more »

Around the web

• Garden City, NY Housing Discrimination Lawsuit

  policy enacted more than eight years ago. Two groups that advocate for minorities are suing the Long Island village of Garden City, claiming village leaders intentionally acted to discourage minority residency by rejecting a zoning proposal in 2004 that would 6/17/13 from The Epoch Times Read more »

• Long Islanders Call for Medical Marijuana Bill

  Friday Long Islanders came together at Garden City’s Long Island Rail Road train station in support of a New York Medical Marijuana act. The activists petitioned and handed out flyers to let people in support of the Compassionate Care Act know that they should   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Hub Plan Off In The Distance

  submitted last month. The county is expected to pick one of the four plans from Forest City Ratner, Madison Square Garden Company, Syosset developer Ed Blumenfeld or New York Sports LLC on July 15. “The concept is okay of getting people to use mass transit,”   from Mineola American Read more »

• VIDEO: Advocates Rally for Passage of Medical Marijuana Bill

  hand out flyers at Garden City train station. Patients and caregivers collected signatures and handed out flyers at the Garden City train station Friday afternoon, advocating for the passage of New York's medical marijuana bill. “We hit the streets of Long   from Garden City Patch Read more »

• SCHENDEN, LAWRENCE W.

  didn't need statistics from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments to confirm...- 10:48 am The cities of Garden City and Wayne plan to submit a bid for a joint recycling grant under the... A dog owner in Birmingham will likely face criminal charges   from The Observer and Eccentric Read more »