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Ward; the Town of North Hempstead transferred its ownership to the Village in 1995, and restoration work began in 1997.[1]", "The Village of Roslyn incorporated in 1932, a year after the neighboring villages of East Hills, Roslyn Estates and Roslyn Harbor incorporated.[1] Decades later, Roslyn's public school district became the subject of one of New York's largest school-fund embezzlement cases: the Nassau County District Attorney opened an investigation in 2004, and a 2005 state audit found $11.2 million missing from the Roslyn Union Free School District, leading to convictions of school officials.[1]" ] }, { "id": "roads", "heading": "How the roads got here", "paragraphs": [ "Northern Boulevard, the village's main through road, is New York State Route 25A; NYSDOT's official touring-route description runs NY 25A from the Queens–Nassau line through Roslyn toward East Norwich, Huntington and beyond.[3] Where it crosses Hempstead Harbor, NYSDOT's own bridge inventory identifies the crossing as the \"William Cullen Bryant Viaduct,\" adding: \"NY 25A (AKA Roslyn Viaduct): crosses Hempstead Harbor in the Village of Roslyn.\"[3] The Village's own historical timeline dates an earlier viaduct's completion to 1949 (after Bryant Hall was demolished to make way for it in 1946) and records that major construction to replace that structure began in 2006.[1]" ] }, { "id": "law", "heading": "Law and legal history", "paragraphs": [ "The Village of Roslyn's prior-written-notice law, Code Chapter 324 (\"Notification of Defects\"), was adopted January 18, 2000 by Local Law No. 1-2000 as \"the Village of Roslyn Claims Against the Village Law.\"[6] It provides that \"no civil action shall be brought or maintained against the Village or any employee of the Village for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any Village property being in an unsafe condition\" unless written notice was first given to the Village Clerk/Treasurer and the Village failed, within a reasonable time, to repair, remedy or remove the condition; the Clerk/Treasurer must keep a record of such notices for at least five years.[6]" ] }, { "id": "government", "heading": "Government, courts and policing", "paragraphs": [ "The Village of Roslyn is governed from Village Hall at 1200 Old Northern Boulevard, open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.[2] The Village of Roslyn Justice Court sits at Village Hall; the Village's own website lists a separate phone line for traffic-court matters, (516) 621-1961 ext. 102.[2] Policing is by the Nassau County Police Department's 6th Precinct, headquartered at 100 Community Drive in Manhasset, which explicitly lists \"Roslyn\" among the communities it serves (distinct from the unincorporated hamlet of Roslyn Heights, which instead falls under NCPD's 3rd Precinct in Williston Park).[4][5] A full scan of the Village's own code of ordinances found no chapter establishing a separate Village police department.[6]" ] }, { "id": "transit", "heading": "Railroad and transit", "paragraphs": [ "The Long Island Rail Road reached Roslyn in 1864; the depot standing today was built in 1887, replacing an earlier station building.[1]" ] } ], "legalCases": [], "landmarks": [ { "name": "Roslyn Clocktower", "designation": "Erected 1895 in memory of Ellen E. 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