North Hempstead, NY – North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board approved an award to ProChamps, for a housing quality improvement program coordinator at the August 15 Town Board meeting. The Zombie Property Coordinator (ZPC) will be responsible for locating, researching and addressing vacant properties in the Town. The ZPC’s contract will be funded through a New York State Attorney General grant the Town received two years ago to fight zombie properties. The ZPC would work together with the Building Department and Code Enforcement to establish a comprehensive list of properties that are in foreclosure, vacant, eyesores or dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of the community.

In addition, the Board set a date of September 6 for a public hearing on a proposed new law that would require paint used to cover graffiti be of the same or a similar color to the surface. The new law is intended to improve quality of life.

The Board also held a public hearing to discuss the construction of a 14,748 square foot addition to a wastepaper recycling facility located in Westbury. The new design plan is intended to make the site more esthetically pleasing to the community.

The Town also set multiple hearing dates, including the demolition of two properties, located at 19 State Street in Westbury in order to construct a new parking lot that would accommodate 108 additional parking spaces for use by occupants of an offsite office building.

Also approved at the board meeting:
• The Town Board accepted gifts of $500 from the Nancy Morris State Farm Agency and $1,500 from Northwell Health both as sponsors for the Mary Jane Davies Green summer concert series and nine separate gifts totaling $7,000 for the Town’s FunDay Monday Program.

• The Town approved the following grant applications:
o An application on behalf of the Manhasset Bay Protection Committee to apply for a $125,000 towards a water quality improvement plan for Manhasset Bay.
o An application to the Nassau County Community Revitalization Project Fund for equipment for the Albertson Fire Department
o A grant application for the LI Women’s Suffrage and Women In Politics Project for $47,500
o A grant to coordinate an anti-graffiti effort in Port Washington North for $150,000
o A $75,000 grant for marketing and educational outreach for the Stepping Stones Lighthouse
o A grant for salt storage which if awarded would give the Town $350,000 ($175,000 match) to expand salt storage facilities.
o A grant for the Town to purchase vacuum trucks to clean out the storm drains


The Town’s Solid Waste Management Authority also passed new fees for non-resident use of the Sunday Resident Drop-Off Facility at the Authority’s transfer station. The new fees are:

Type of Waste Fee
Recyclables: Clean Mixed Paper Recyclables No Charge
Recyclables: Clean Mixed Metal, Glass & Plastics $0.25/lb (minimum $20.00)
Recyclables: Uncleaned Materials $0.75/lb (minimum $20.00)
MSW & C&D $0.75/lb (minimum $20.00)
CED – Computers (CPU) and laptops $0.05/lb
CED – mixed e-waste accessories $0.20/lb
CED – VDD Plasma/Flat Panel/LCD $0.30/lb
CED – VDD CRT $0.45/lb
CED – VDD DLP $0.30/lb
Paper Shredding (at STOP Event) $75.00 per banker or file box of papers
Boat Disposal $0.75/lb (minimum $100.00)


The next Town Board meeting will be held on Thursday, September 6 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall in Manhasset. For more information, please call 311 or 516-869-6311 from outside the Town.