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The Nassau County Legislature is holding a public hearing onMonday, September 9th at 5pm at 1550 Franklin Ave in Mineola to receive comments from the public on the environmental analysis of the Sands casino.   This is a very important hearing, please make your attendancea civic priority!! We must stand together and fight against the casino since our elected County officials are not representing us!  Your Voice is critically important – Please make your opposition known and sign up to speak at the hearing!  Sign-up sheets will be in the front of the room.

Trustee Muldoon will speak about the new BOT Advisory Committee on St Pauls and Trustee Torino will provide village updates at the CPOA meeting on Tuesday, September 10. The meeting will be held at the Senior Center on Golf Club Lane.

For more information, residents can contact Village of Garden City Clerk Kelly Galanek at 516-465-4000 or via email at kgalanek@gardencityny.net  Garden City Trustee Vinny Muldoon, with support from Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan, announced the formation of this new St. Paul’s advisory committee at the Board of Trustees meeting on July 25. The committee will focus on the strategic planning and future use of the historic St. Paul’s main building on Stewart Avenue. Residents are encouraged to volunteer for this effort.

Information regarding the proposed development of the HUB: 1) Nassau County Legislature will vote on “Operating & Site Control” lease for the 72 acre Coliseum site on 8/5 at 1:00 at 1550 Franklin Ave, Mineola. Public comment is welcome. This is part of the process for approval of the Sands Casino. 2) Rally on 8/5 at 12:15 at that location 3) Residents may contact our legislator, John Giuffre with their opinions: phone 516-571-6208 or email www.nassaucountyny.gov for his comment form  4) To have your comments be part of the recorded comments in 8/5 meeting, email www’LegPublicComment@nassaucountyny.gov

Date: Thursday, July 18thTime: 9:15 a.m. gathering for 9:30 a.m. Press Conference Place: Front Steps of Nassau County Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Ave., Mineola/Garden City. (Kids welcome!!) Topics: The illegality of the new proposed lease with Las Vegas Sands, the lack of public education and public debate on this 42-year lease. We anticipate that a number of village trustees will be attending the Press Conference.  Your attendance will send a strong message to the press and our County Legislators.

Residents can log onto the Village website at www.gardencityny.net and click on the button “Alerts Sign up”.  It takes two seconds!  They will then get new alerts to agendas, meetings, and any other alerts that come through the Village.

Please take the time to answer the questions, which are designed to let us know what’s working, what’s not working, and where you’d like to see improvements. Your participation in the survey is key to our success and will help bring us to a Recreation Master Plan for our Village. We value your feedback. Along the way to the Recreation Master Plan we will be exploring options to find the best solution for the St. Paul’s Main Building, but the recreation survey is much broader and will impact future decisions related to our recreational and cultural offerings across the village….
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Stop by the Senior Center between 7:00-8:30 PM for an informal Meet and Greet with your elected officials and hear from guest speakers Assemblyman Ed Ra and County Legislator John Giuffré. This is an opportunity to share what’s on your mind and hear updates about what’s going on around the Village.

Due to air quality concerns, today’s (June 21) Festival has been postponed by the GC Village.

The Village is postponing the GC Festival due to anticipated bad weather.They are rescheduling for next Friday, June 21 from 5:00-9:00PM