The building department is responsible for administering the New York State and Town of North Hempstead Codes as they relate to property, buildings, and construction within the town’s ...

A coach bus that has been stuck for two days on a partially collapsed parking garage in Nassau has been removed. A crane ...

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena along with town board members Ed Scott (left) and Dennis Walsh during a news conference to announce changes to the building department on Wednesday.

The Town of North Hempstead is rolling out its next wave of Building Department reforms with an emphasis on transparency and openness with residents and developers. “We want our Building ...

When North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena first requested an audit of the town's building department a year-and-a-half ago, it marked one of the few times she stood alongside her ...

The Nassau County comptroller has released its report on an audit of the North Hempstead Town Building Department. The audit came at the request of North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena.

A town of North Hempstead plumbing inspector became the second of five defendants to plead guilty and be sentenced in a probe of corruption in the town’s building department.. Joseph Lomonaco ...

A 16-month investigation into allegations of corruption within the building department of the Town of North Hempstead resulted in four more arrests Monday, Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice ...

In 2007, the town was rocked by a building-department scandal whose charges would ultimately involve multiple schemes including bid-rigging, bribery and the theft of $150,000 in public funds.