Fed-up Nassau County residents flooded Tuesday’s Hempstead Town Board meeting and turned it into a five-hour protest over a rezoning proposal that could unlock Long Island’s first gambling resort — despite no longer having a casino developer behind it.
More than 200 people packed Town Hall across two hearing sessions, and a majority of the nearly 100 speakers — including Garden City’s mayor, Hofstra representatives, and everyday residents lined up to trash the proposal.
“I stand before you on behalf of the vast majority of residents who are viscerally against casino development at the coliseum grounds,” said Garden City Mayor Edward Finneran.
“We are against changing the character of our community.”
