Hearing On Former Grace Baptist Church Project: Clarkstown Town Board

NANUET, NY — As the new year begins, our local officials are busy conducting the public's business in plain sight.

John Adams famously wrote, "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … and a desire to know."

There are plenty of upcoming chances to help tend to our democracy close to the roots.

Monday, Clarkstown town offices are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Town Board meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium at Town Hall in New City. There's a public hearing on the agenda:

Public Hearing to Consider a Proposed Project Located at 20, 22, 24 and 26 Demarest Avenue, and 9 Highview Avenue, Nanuet, New York (the former Grace Baptist Church) and the Town’s Intention to Seek Grant Funding under the Restore NY Communities Initiative to Fund the Proposed Project