A white tent appears
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A white tent was put up outside Madison Square Garden before 3 p.m. Thursday near an entrance where black SUVs were spotted pulling into the venue. Police are closing off West 31st Street, preventing people from getting close to the tent, a presumed designated entrance for guests. A crowd of more than 20 are swarming close to the barricades as cars have begun entering the the loading dock on West 33rd Street.
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'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
