The Town of Oyster Bay agreed to allow a lesser expansion of the Masjid Al-Baqi mosque in Bethpage, signaling a conclusion to a monthslong legal battle as it neared the eve of a federal court trial.

The town board passed the resolution authorizing the settlement Tuesday night with a vote of 6-1. Councilman Lou Imbroto was the lone “no” vote.

Attorneys for Muslims on Long Island, the owners of the Central Avenue house of worship, did not respond to questions about the settlement.

The settlement marks the second time the town agreed to approve the mosque expansion and end the legal battle that began when MOLI sued the town in January, claiming Oyster Bay's code violated federal land use laws by treating secular and nonsecular buildings differently. The first settlement, which would ha

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