"Oyster Bay Caves, Agrees to Pay $3.95M and Approve Mosque’s Plans After 'Fake Grandma' Scandal"

Muslims on Long Island secure long-sought-after mosque expansion, $4M in settlement

The agreement with the Town of Oyster Bay ends a long-running religious land-use discrimination case.

"Oyster Bay Caves, Agrees to Pay $3.95M and Approve Mosque’s Plans After 'Fake Grandma' Scandal"

N.Y. Post (Brandon Cruz) reports: Under the agreement, the town will green-light the Masjid Al-Baqi mosque's submitted plan to demolish two one-story buildings and build a larger house of worship, repeal a 2022 parking law that more than doubled space requirements for houses of worship, and pay nearly $4 million in damages and attorneys' fees…. From an earlier article (also by Brandon Cruz): Town Planning Board Chairman Angelo Stanco admitted in…

Oyster Bay caves, agrees to pay $3.95M and approve mosque’s plans after ‘fake grandma’ scandal

Ritzy Oyster Bay, Long Island, agreed to pay $3.95 million and approve Masjid Al-Baqi mosque’s expansion just weeks after admitting to inventing a fake grandmother to block the project in court.

Oyster Bay Town, Muslims on Long Island reach $3.95M settlement

The settlement clears the way for a new mosque on the site of an existing house of worship in Bethpage

Muslims on Long Island, Town Oyster Bay reach settlement

The Town of Oyster has agreed to approve the expansion plan for the Masjid Al-Baqi mosque in Bethpage and pay $3.95 million to The Muslims on Long Island as a