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County legislature approves casino, despite protest BY RIKKI MASSAND On Monday, August 5, the front steps of Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building were packed with residents and local officials protesting the proposed Las Vegas Sands casino for the former Nassau Coliseum site in Uniondale. Residents raised concerns about the unprecedented 42-year lease for the site and the social impacts of the gambling industry, including potential decreases in property values and quality of life. Garden City Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan spoke to CBS 2 New York, highlighting issues such as traffic, crime, and pollution. She urged the County Legislature to thoroughly review the project and seek community input. Despite the protest, the Nassau County Legislature voted in favor of the 42-year lease for Las Vegas Sands. The legislature also declared itself the lead agency for an environmental review of the project under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a process that could take up to eight months. The project still requires New York State licensing for casino operations, an uncertain See page 3
Garden City Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan spoke against the proposed Las Vegas Sands Casino project during a rally in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building. Photo by Rikki Massand
BOT approves Library carpet project BY RIKKI MASSAND At the Thursday, July 25 meeting, the Garden City Board of Trustees faced a rare contested vote on a capital project. The proposed project for new carpeting at the Garden City Public Library was in the balance with a split vote (four in favor, two opposed, and two trustees absent). Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan broke the tie, approving the project.
The Board allocated $66,049 from the village’s Contingent account into the capital projects’ budget for the fiscal year 20242025. This sum includes $30,000 expected to be reimbursed from a grant through New York State Assemblyman Ed Ra’s office. The Library Board requested an additional $36,049, which the Village allocated for the carpeting project. Additionally, the Board
$100K increase approved for road paving project BY RIKKI MASSAND
approved a transfer of $45,000 from the Library Teen Room renovation project account to the Library Carpeting capital project account due to the increased project scope. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi explained that the project’s cost rose from an initial estimate of $50,000 to $161,049 due to higher than anticipated carpet-
At its meeting on Thursday, July 25, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved a $100,000 change order for contractor Pratt Bros. of Bay Shore. This change is for milling and paving the water main trench on Clinton Road. Previously, the Board authorized funding for the Clinton Road Water Main Replacement project through a $3.3 million bond resolution. The milling and paving on Clinton Road will extend from Meadow Street to Commercial Avenue in the village’s eastern section. On May 9, the trustees awarded the bid for the water main replacement project to Bancker Construction Corp. of Islip, with a bid of $2,888,305. Bancker will handle the section from Old Country Road to Osborne Road, while Pratt Bros. will manage the milling and paving.
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