The New York State Senate voted in June to pass two of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s bills designed to reform industrial development agencies.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/11/19
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A Nassau County judge ruled on Friday that the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency illegally revoked the Green Acres Mall’s tax break agreement.
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/16/18
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The Walmart at the Green Acres Mall was evacuated Wednesday morning after a wire shortage caused a small electrical fire in the meat department.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/17/18
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Nassau County police said a man stole a TV from Walmart at the Green Acres Mall on Jan. 10, after slashing an employee who tried to stop him with a box cutter.
An 18-year-old woman employee …
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1/11/18
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Attorneys for the Central High School District have filed a suit against every member of District 24’s Board of Education, as well as the board itself, and forced the superintendent to appear in court on June 30 — a tactic that Richard Zuckerman, the attorney for District 24, said was unjustified.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/12/17
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The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency’ adjourned their June 30 meeting after only 10 minutes, unable to continue with a vote to break all ties with Macerich, the California-based owner of the Green Acres Mall, because a Nassau County Supreme Court judge halted the IDA’s decision with a temporary restraining order.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/5/17
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The Central High School District Board of Education voted on June 13 to authorize a lawsuit against District 24 for about $2 million that it withheld from the high school district for the 2016–17 school year, after the districts disputed what was owed based on the uncertainty of the taxable status of the Green Acres Mall property.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/21/17
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The Central High School District Board of Education passed a resolution on June 6 to ask the New York State Commissioner of Education to intervene if board members from District 24 do not recuse themselves from future meetings concerning possible litigation against District 24. The resolution passed by a vote of 5-to-3, with only District 24 board members voting “no.”
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/14/17
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“Pay your fair share! Pay your fair share!” shouted a dozen or so Valley Stream residents last Saturday at the corner of Sidney Place and Mill Road, near the entrance to the Green Acres Mall.
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By Melissa Koenig
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5/25/17
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While local lawmakers are working to return the Green Acres Mall to the county tax rolls for the upcoming school year, the mall’s ownership is pursuing legal options to do just the opposite, in the wake of the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency’s abrupt April 27 decision to revoke the mall’s tax breaks due to a lack of job creation just two years after it granted them.
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By Nick Ciccone and Melissa Koenig
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5/25/17
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