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Long Island town ordered to pay $19M after blocking Chabad synagogue construction

JL;DR SUMMARY The Village of Old Westbury on Long Island has been ordered to pay $19 million to a local Chabad center following a court ruling that village officials had unlawfully blocked the construction of a synagogue on Rabbi Aaron Konikov's property. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Chabad LubavitchSynagogue ConstructionLong IslandDiscriminationReligious FreedomLegal BattleOld WestburyConsent DecreeInsurance SettlementSpecial Use Permit

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Old Westbury, New York, United States
"Rabbi Aaron Konikov and Lubavitch of Old Westbury sued the Village of Old Westbury in 2008, after the village passed a law in 2001 governing places of worship as Konikov sought to build a synagogue on his property."
Atlantic Beach, New York, United States
"Last July, the Village of Atlantic Beach in New York agreed to pay Chabad of the Beaches $950,000 to settle a legal battle over the construction of a new community center."

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