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Library Board welcomes trustee Environmental
review of casino project to start BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Library Board of Trustees: Mary Maguire, Lola Nouryan (vice chair), Linda Ryan, Randy Colahan (chair) and Colleen Foley. Newly sworn in Library Board Trustee Linda Ryan attended her first meeting on Monday, January 8th. Ms. Ryan took her oath of office January 3rd during a brief ceremony at the Library. She replaces former Vice Chair Germaine Greco. Board Chairman Randy Colahan administered her oath of office and congratulated Trustee Ryan, stating, “You bring a lot of library experience to the table. We look forward to working with you.” Ms. Ryan is no stranger to librarianship. She has spent most of her career in legal and higher
education and served as director of the Rittenberg Law Library at St. John’s University School of Law for many years, where she also taught in the University’s Master’s in Library Science program. Further, Ms. Ryan was the director of the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at C.W. Post. “My family and I will celebrate the 30th anniversary of our move to Garden City next month. One of the first things we did after moving in was to become members of the Garden City Public Library, so I am pleased to be serving, as a Trustee, what we
have found to be a vital and essential institution within the Village,” Trustee Ryan said. Library Director Marianne Malagon also offered her congratulations. “Her professional expertise will bring a new point of view to the Library Board,” she said. Ms. Ryan was appointed to the Policy Committee (chair), Community Relations Committee (chair) and the Programs Task Force. She joins fellow Library Board members J. Randolph Colahan, chair, Lola Nouryan, vice chair, Mary Maguire and Colleen Foley.
Residents who gathered at the Garden City Senior Center on Tuesday, December 12, discussed the many concerns and issues regarding the proposed Sands Casino for the Nassau Hub site a few miles away from Garden City. As information about potential negative effects for quality of life, traffic, safety, taxes and residential property values were examined, the group also considered the project’s New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) compliance, and how residents can become involved in making sure the project is fully studied. The Town of Hempstead plans to hold public sessions on January 18th to determine how the review process will take place. The Say No to the Casino group has been encouraging residents to attend and express their views. The December meeting was organized as a joint session of the four Garden City property owners’ associations (East, Central, Estates and West) and was led by the Say NO to the Casino Civic Association. Members of the general public were also welcome to participate. Following the Nassau County Supreme Court ruling in December that voided the Sands Casino new lease at the Nassau Hub, an appellate division panel denied a temporary injunction. The panel has not yet ruled on the merits of the county’s appeal of the state Supreme Court decision. In letters recently sent to the Town of Hempstead, Sands is claiming to remain the official tenant of the Hub site from a prior lease with an entity called Nassau Live Center. Sands’ general counsel contends that Sands retains leaseholder rights for the property. This allows the environmental review process to continue despite Hofstra litigation and the outcome in state Supreme Court. At the start of January, updates posted to the Say NO to the Casino website indicated that plans for Sands to build its casino and hotel complex at the hub site are in limbo. As of January 10 Las Vegas Sands had not yet submitted an application to New York State for a gaming facility license. See page 1
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