The Community Synagogue of Great Neck, Long Island, lost another round last night in its fight to use an estate acquired at suburban Sands Point for a synagogue.
The congregation asked the village board to withdraw a ban, passed shortly after the announcement of the signing of a contract for sale of the property to the congregation. The ban was imposed through an ordinance which incorporated requirements- which the estate could cot meet–for the use of property for religions purposes. The board refused last night to kill the ban.
In an action in the New York State Supreme Court, earlier, the congregation had charged that the ordinance Was passed specifically to prevent the use of the property as a synagogue. The court ruled that the complaint did not bear out allegations of illegality.
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