Two former Nassau Community College student leaders have sued the college and top administrators, accusing the school of discriminating against them and violating their free speech and due process rights.

The two students — Grant Peterson, of Roslyn Heights, and Jordon Groom, of Glen Cove — say in their lawsuit that college officials threatened, bullied and disparaged them in retaliation for their criticism of the college. The lawsuit, filed in November in federal court in the Eastern District, alleges that college officials also discriminated against the two plaintiffs and encouraged other students to “engage in differential treatment” of them.

Peterson has an unspecified disability and Groom is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit names Maria Conzatti, w

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