Malverne

Town officials in Long Island have voted to change the name of a street that had ties to a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan — and who allegedly burned down a Brooklyn orphanage.

Lindner Place in Malverne is named after Paul Lindner, an original village resident and farmer — and was also a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan, a group of high school students found

Students on Long island are looking to erase a part of their village’s racist past, by changing the name of a street named after a Ku Klux Klan leader. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.