To avoid urban sprawl, we request that the county executive consider Nassau's future and reconsider “smart growth” development that includes walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including complete streets, and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. The project should keep its sports theme, attracting youth and helping Long Island’s home team stay here in Nassau. Its goal should be to achieve a unique sense of community; expand the range of transportation, employment, and housing choices; equitably distribute the costs and benefits of development; preserve and enhance natural and cultural resources; and promote public health.
We, the undersigned, beleive that a casino would not reach those objectives. Any development project should look to provide incentives to keep our kids home and offer opportunities for young couples to raise their families. Even if affordable housing were built, young families would not want to move to a home next to a casino.
Our children grow up on Long Island with little exposure to gambling. Families worry about what effect an ostentatious casino with its lights flashing onto the Meadowbrook Parkway would have on an eight year old riding in his parents’ car. We are concerned for our college kids attending Nassau Community and Hofstra who would be within walking distance of a casino. We are concerned about the increase in traffic and the influx of busloads of people coming to Long Island to gamble. Nassau County would need to hire more police to tackle the increase in crime, prostitution and drugs. Parents have enough trouble struggling to raise their children to be drug-free with the recent increase in heroin in our communities. Do we want to now add gambling to our worries?
We, the undersigned, strongly urge County Executive Mangano to consider smart development and strongly oppose any proposal to build a casino on the 77 county-owned acres surrounding the Nassau Coliseum.
After signing this petition, please email County Executive Mangano your feelings on this proposed project at [email protected]
Updates
May 7, 2010
The silence from the County Executive office is a clear signal that they are waiting for us to lose steam. Post the petition link to your Facebook page today and call the office directly to demand a public hearing on the casino proposal.
May 7, 2010
We hit our first major milestone today and the momentum shows that our community wants real development instead of a casino. Post this link on your Facebook page right now to keep the pressure on County Executive Mangano. Email your local representative today and tell them to commit to smart growth for the Coliseum site.
Reached 100 supporters
May 7, 2010
24 Comments
A casino will bring nothing but poverty to the citizens of Nassau County, and then our tax dollars will be forced to deal with the problems that the casino will bring which include an increase in drunk driving and gambling addiction.
I presently OWN and live in Uniondale. I grew up here when it was a true suburb. It is presently congested with illegal rentals and my street alone looks like any street in the 5 boroughs. The building of the Casino will only detract further the “neighborhood” and the congestion will further affect the quality of life in this neighborhood.
Is this what we want to be known for in Nassau County? Gambling? Is this the role model we want for our children? Why must we degrade our county by building a casino, of all things? STOP the madness!
I am very opposed to the casino plan as it will bring crime and affect local schools and universities.
We do not need a Casino in the Nassau hub. The area and the Meadowbrook Pkwy. can't handle the traffic we already have now.
Say NO TO THE CASINO! It will be a drain on our resources and the ruin of Long Island.
Voting NO to the casino.
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To avoid urban sprawl, we request that the county executive consider Nassau's future and reconsider “smart growth” development that includes walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including complete streets, and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. The project should keep its sports theme, attracting youth and helping Long Island’s home team stay here in Nassau. Its goal should be to achieve a unique sense of community; expand the range of transportation, employment, and housing choices; equitably distribute the costs and benefits of development; preserve and enhance natural and cultural resources; and promote public health.
We, the undersigned, beleive that a casino would not reach those objectives. Any development project should look to provide incentives to keep our kids home and offer opportunities for young couples to raise their families. Even if affordable housing were built, young families would not want to move to a home next to a casino.
Our children grow up on Long Island with little exposure to gambling. Families worry about what effect an ostentatious casino with its lights flashing onto the Meadowbrook Parkway would have on an eight year old riding in his parents’ car. We are concerned for our college kids attending Nassau Community and Hofstra who would be within walking distance of a casino. We are concerned about the increase in traffic and the influx of busloads of people coming to Long Island to gamble. Nassau County would need to hire more police to tackle the increase in crime, prostitution and drugs. Parents have enough trouble struggling to raise their children to be drug-free with the recent increase in heroin in our communities. Do we want to now add gambling to our worries?
We, the undersigned, strongly urge County Executive Mangano to consider smart development and strongly oppose any proposal to build a casino on the 77 county-owned acres surrounding the Nassau Coliseum.
After signing this petition, please email County Executive Mangano your feelings on this proposed project at [email protected]
Updates
May 7, 2010
The silence from the County Executive office is a clear signal that they are waiting for us to lose steam. Post the petition link to your Facebook page today and call the office directly to demand a public hearing on the casino proposal.
May 7, 2010
We hit our first major milestone today and the momentum shows that our community wants real development instead of a casino. Post this link on your Facebook page right now to keep the pressure on County Executive Mangano. Email your local representative today and tell them to commit to smart growth for the Coliseum site.
Reached 100 supporters
May 7, 2010
24 Comments
Placing a massive casino next to two colleges and a Catholic high school is morally wrong.
A casino will bring nothing but poverty to the citizens of Nassau County, and then our tax dollars will be forced to deal with the problems that the casino will bring which include an increase in drunk driving and gambling addiction.
I presently OWN and live in Uniondale. I grew up here when it was a true suburb. It is presently congested with illegal rentals and my street alone looks like any street in the 5 boroughs. The building of the Casino will only detract further the “neighborhood” and the congestion will further affect the quality of life in this neighborhood.
Is this what we want to be known for in Nassau County? Gambling? Is this the role model we want for our children? Why must we degrade our county by building a casino, of all things? STOP the madness!
I am very opposed to the casino plan as it will bring crime and affect local schools and universities.
We do not need a Casino in the Nassau hub. The area and the Meadowbrook Pkwy. can't handle the traffic we already have now.
Say NO TO THE CASINO! It will be a drain on our resources and the ruin of Long Island.
Voting NO to the casino.
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