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NYS awarded Hempstead's public housing authority $20M in tax breaks despite discrimination finding (opens the original)
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration greenlit $20 million in tax breaks to subsidize a Town of Hempstead Housing Authority redevelopment with a private developer, despite knowing that federal officials determined the authority engaged in fair housing violations, documents obtained by Newsday show. The Hochul administration defended its move by stating it was following suit after approval of the redevelopment project from the Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development. "The
Long Island public housing has nation's longest wait times (opens the original)
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Applicants for public housing on Long Island have some of the longest wait times in the country, a Newsday analysis found, underscoring the housing crisis in one of the wealthiest regions in America. People wait an average of eight years for a subsidized apartment through the Town of Hempstead Housing Authority, which is the longest among large public housing authorities, or those with at least 1,250 units as classified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hempstead's wait ti
Feds drop probe into Hempstead Town public housing discrimination (opens the original)
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The federal government has taken back its sweeping determination that the Town of Hempstead Housing Authority used an illegal point system to discriminate against persons with disabilities and people of color while also fostering racial segregation for at least a decade. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s withdrawal of its investigation’s findings, issued in 2024, came days after Newsday published a report that revealed the probe to the public for the first time. In a letter
Hempstead's public housing authority discriminated against people of color and with disabilities, feds say (opens the original)
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Tamara Bennett-Bryant took the advice of friends in the deaf community and headed 2 miles from her mother’s home in Hempstead Village to the Town of Hempstead Housing Authority to apply for public housing for her family, including her daughter and newborn son. The authority replied in a letter: "There may be a lengthy wait before your application is reached on the waitlist." Nearly a decade later, the 48-year-old, who is Black, is still waiting her turn. Pervasive local government discrimination
Fire breaks out at Hempstead courthouse building (opens the original)
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A fire late Tuesday afternoon in an electrical area beneath the Nassau County District Court in Hempstead, sent thick, billowing smoke into the air as court business was coming to a close for the day. No injuries were reported from the fire, which a court officer told Newsday broke out shortly after a "pop" sound was heard inside the Main Street courthouse shortly after 5 p.m. Firefighters responded and rescued three people trapped inside a pair of elevators that lost power, Michael Uttaro, Nass
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