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Justice Department Resolves Claims That Atlantic Beach, New York’s Zoning Code Violated Religious Land Use Provisions
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 21, 8:00 AM EDT
updated Oct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by US DOJ and Newsday, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Atlantic Beach has been compelled to change its local zoning law under a federal settlement following a lawsuit by Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches, Newsday reported. The Justice Department also resolved claims that the Atlantic Beach, New York, zoning code violated religious land use provisions, the US DOJ stated.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 3, Oct 22, 8:34 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Justice Department Resolves Claims that Atlantic Beach, New York’s Zoning Code Violated Religious Land Use Provisions · US DOJOct 21, 8:00 AM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · NewsdayOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law under federal settlement following Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches lawsuit · NewsdayOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement following Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches lawsuit · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
Atlantic Beach compelled to change local zoning law, under federal settlement with Chabad Lubavitch of Beaches over proposed religious center · Newsday · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:52 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
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How We Decided
Oct 21, 4:45 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 22, 12:07 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.