Backers, opponents of Sands lease plan at Nassau Coliseum site turn out for Planning Commission hearing
Candice Ferrette, newsday.com
Ryan Stanton, executive director of the Long Island Federation of Labor, said "working people are collateral damage" because jobs at the arena are at risk without an operator. "We are here today to ask you as commissioners to deliver on a lease so that the 400 full-time employees of the Coliseum can continue to provide food for their families," Stanton said.
"It's an economic engine that working people can count on …" he added.