Ted Phillips

The Nassau County Legislature has awarded Hempstead Village $1.75 million in federal pandemic aid to help fund a new water treatment plant that will remove PFAS and 1,4-dioxane contamination, officials said.

Over the past year, Garden City has designated more than a dozen village-owned properties as parkland under New York State law.

The Hempstead town board plans to enact the town's biggest tax hike in at least a decade on Tuesday with a 12.1% tax increase, piercing the state tax cap for the first time since it was put into place in 2011.

The Hempstead Town Board approved a 12.1% tax levy increase, enacting the town's largest property tax hike in years.

Voters will cast ballots in three town board races to fill vacancies in Hempstead, East Hampton and Shelter Island.

Republican Chris Schneider defeated Democrat Kevan Abrahams on Tuesday to succeed the late Christopher Carini, according to unofficial Nassau County Board of Elections returns.

The tree branches rising along Carlton Terrace in the Village of Stewart Manor spread over to the street to form vaulted arches creating leafy shade.

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The Hempstead Town Board has repealed its transit oriented development ordinance for Inwood and North Lawrence citing technical problems with the town's zoning code's enactment.