SUMMMERTIME SWIRLS



Trustees hire additional counsel in ACORN case



The Garden City Board of Trustees held a special meeting on August 7 to approve the retention of special counsel to assist in the expected appeal process following a federal housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the Village. The non-jury trial ended in early July and now the judge has to decide whether or not the Village of Garden City discriminated […]

Library board chairman issues ultimatum



The chairman of the Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees issued an ultimatum this week to the Village Board of Trustees: Approve the transfer of unused funds so the library can reinstate Sunday hours in the fall, or else the library board of directors will rescind its request for the layoff of two full-time maintenance workers. “We have to […]

A WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER

Help us celebrate

On Friday, September 20th, the Garden City News will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of its first issue. We plan to produce a special anniversary issue of the Guide to Garden City, which had its inaugural issue last year. In addition to containing a directory of useful phone numbers and information about the community, its leaders and organizations, we also […]

Bridge players not representative



To the editor: Forty bridge players do not speak for 4000 Garden City seniors. For the past two months a small group of competitive bridge players have been going to meetings at Village Hall and writing letters to the Garden City News insisting that the trustees approve spending $630,000 to expand and enhance the Golf Club Lane senior center. Most […]

Dialog needed



To the editor: This an open letter to Mayor Watras and the Board of Trustees. The upcoming Trustees’ meeting, on Thursday August 22nd at 8:00pm, is a crucial one in the ongoing, seemingly endless, debate regarding Senior Center decisions. The meeting will be crucial because we seem to have exhausted the issues, pro and con, for the Casino versus the […]

Don’t need interference



To the Editor: The board of trustees has stated that they are concerned with the maintenance of the Casino in an unwanted move to upset a 100+ year tradition that works! Thanks in no small part to the great efforts of the volunteers of the Garden City Casino. Who are village residents and seniors that are more than willing to […]

Taxfee anyone?



To the Editor: We should ponder this: The Village tells us we must spend money to do specific sidewalk repairs that they tell us are needed. The Village then tells us we must pay a fee to them to spend that money. That sounds like a TAX doesn’t it? How did the approval of this tax sit with our By-Laws? […]

Statement of the Board of Trustees

Regarding the expansion of the Senior Center facilities and use of the Casino Submitted by the Garden City Board of Trustees

The recent debate over how best to address the need to improve the facilities available to our seniors has surfaced a range of ideas and opinions. Users of the Golf Club Lane facility, understandably and correctly, have pointed out that the property is showing its age. Users have also argued that the facility is too small to accommodate all of […]

Surveillance cameras approved



The Garden City Board of Trustees unanimously approved the hiring of Garden City Alarm, which is part of World Wide Security Group, for $18,500 to install surveillance cameras at Community Park. The Board voted on this matter at a special meeting held on August 7. Trustees Richard V. Silver and John A. DeMaro were absent. The cameras will provide high-definition […]