A Nassau County planning board is facing a legal challenge to a land-lease deal with the Las Vegas Sands for a $4 billion casino and entertainment project in Uniondale. According to a public docket, a Superior Court judge will entertain appearances in Hofstra University v. Nassau County Planning Commission on May 24.
The civil complaint, filed on April 18, contends the NCPC violated New York’s Open Meeting Law when it approved a 99-year lease with LVS for Nassau Coliseum and surrounding land. The Sands, which no longer operates any commercial casinos in the United States, wants to build a 72-acre “integrated resort” at the site of the Old Barn.
