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Friday, October 26, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 43
ELECTION GUIDE
LOAN FOR NORTHWELL ADDICTION CENTER
CHARLES WANG DIES
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Town council seeks to limit marijuana sale
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Amendments would regulate dispensary locations, ban sale for recreational use BY T E R I W EST The North Hempstead Town Board will introduce two amendments to the zoning code that regulate the sale of marijuana, according to town press officials. One amendment would prevent medical marijuana dispensaries from selling recreational marijuana if the drug is fully legalized in New York. The other would limit where medical marijuana dispensaries can be located. MedMen, a company registered to sell medical marijuana in New York, is in the process of moving its dispensary in North New Hyde Park to Northern Boulevard in Manhasset. Vocal critics in Manhasset have said that it is too close to schools and homes, particularly if recreational marijuana is legalized in New York and the facility converts into a more general dispensary. The new legislation is a bipartisan effort within the Town Board,
said Carole Trottere, the town’s director of communications. The board planned to set November public hearing dates for the amendments at its Thursday meeting. “These proposed amendments to our Town Code will preserve the quality of life that North Hempstead residents expect and will prevent this area from becoming Nassau County’s future hotspot for retail recreational marijuana, should the state laws change,” said Councilwoman Anna Kaplan. “It will also preclude the clustering of medical marijuana dispensaries to just one small area.” Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said she has been researching how other jurisdictions in the country have been addressing marijuana in their local codes for several weeks. In a memorandum to the Town Board, she wrote that codes typically prohibit disContinued on Page 75
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
State Assembly candidates Anthony D’Urso (left) and Byron Divins at a meet the candidates night at Manhasset-Lakeville Firehouse No. 5. See story on page 2.
6th Precinct return likely: Leg. Nicolello BY J ES S I C A PA R K S A N D TERI WEST
tial return in 2019. Though Nassau County Executive Laura Curran did not include it in next year’s Nassau County’s 6th Police budget, both the Legislature’s Precinct is likely to make a par- Republican majority and Dem-
ocratic minority have prepared amendments that would reintroduce the precinct. Should Curran veto the amendment, that bipartisan Continued on Page 85
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