Bojangles’ big expansion push will include the Southern chicken chain's return to New York — and a Long Island restaurant is part of the plan.

Jericho resident Habib Hashimi, through his company, Hashimi Holding Corp., signed a franchise deal with Bojangles Restaurants Inc. in August to open 20 of the fast-food eateries in the metro area.

His first Bojangles on Long Island is planned for the 3000 block of North Ocean Avenue in Farmingville, and he hopes to open it next summer.

A location in Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood, which he plans to open by the end of this year, will be Hashimi's first in the New York market, he said.

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Jericho resident Habib Hashimi has a franchise deal with Charlotte, North Carolina-based chicken chain Bojangles Restaurants Inc. to op

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