The towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay approved new technology for filing building department permits online, moves that would expedite a time-consuming process. North Hempstead’s ...

The North Hempstead town board passed a new zoning law prohibiting the “feeding, keeping, or harboring of pigeons” in commercial districts.

bribery and corruption in North Hempstead. In October a former plans examiner pleaded guilty to falsifying town financial-disclosure forms, filing bogus architectural permit applications and ...

Former North Hempstead building commissioner David Wasserman today pleaded guilty to charges he took bribes from developers in return for falsifying building permits and certificates of occupancy.