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Photo: Shutterstock. In the Town of Hempstead they have a way for residents to get one final gift this Christmas. People who want to get rid of their Christmas Trees (sans all decorations and lighting, of course) can bring them down to Baldwin Park at 3232 Grand Avenue in Baldwin on Saturday, January 9 between 10am and 2pm. In return, you can watch as workers shred your tree into mulch and then hand you a bag full of wood chips for your garden.     “TOH Mulchfest is an environmentally conscious program that encourages residents to turn their beloved Christmas Tree into mulch for their...

Kaminsky-Wallace Bill to Require Judges to Explain Recusal Signed Into Law December 30, 2020 Town of Hempstead On Thursday, December 24, legislation sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Monica Wallace requiring judges to provide a rationale for recusing themselves from a case (S.8831/A.9542) was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The new law comes on the heels of three state Supreme Court judges recusing themselves from politically-charged litigation involving the Town of Hempstead and a company that operated a town-owned golf course with close ties to the Nassau County GOP c...

There is a new movement on Long Island to allow owners of unused burial plots to donate those graves to families of COVID-19 victims.

Replies(23) Laura Curran, Kathleen Rice and other Democrats say the Republican-run Town of Hempstead misspent its CARES Act funding. The town says it's a partisan attack. (Courtesy Town of Hempstead) HEMPSTEAD TOWN, NY — Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and a group of state senators have called on the federal government to investigate how the Town of Hempstead has spent the millions of dollars it received from the federal CARES Act. But town officials called it a political attack. Curran and Rice were joined by state Senators Todd Kaminsky, Kevin Thomas, Ann...