Long Island Business News Article - Hempstead Dances Around Eyesore Hotel July 20 2007

Long Island Business News Article - Hempstead Dances Around Eyesore Hotel

By David WinzelbergFriday, July 20, 2007

The Courtesy Hotel has been the bane of the West Hempstead community for more than a decade. But now that the hotel, the site of numerous arrests for prostitution and drugs, is a step closer to oblivion, many residents are opposing the Town of Hempstead’s efforts to replace it. Specifically, the residents take issue with a town rezoning plan that includes not only the hotel site but part of a nearby retail parking lot. See rest of article...

Asseblyman Alfano and School Superintendents Slam Local Motels as Dangers to Community May-June 2006

Asseblyman Alfano and School Superintendents Slam Local Motels as Dangers to Community

Assemblyman Tom Alfano calls motels that house level 2 and 3 sex offenders a clear danger to children, families and seniors that are just blocks from both the George Washington and John Street Schools. This revelation and community input helped him author legislation to stop what he calls the “West Hempstead and Franklin Square’s community’s Bates Motel nightmares.” In this case, the Capri and Courtesy Hotels being the targets as housing for sex offenders. Surrounded by parents and School Superintendents at a press conference carried by six television networks, Alfano called for a comprehensive strategy to address how and where sex offenders are housed in the wake of the new civil commitment law.

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WHCA Delivers Letters and Petitions Calling for Closure and Sale of Courtesy Hotel April 17 2007

WHCA Delivers Letters and Petitions Calling for Closure and Sale of Courtesy Hotel

On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, a contingent of members of the West Hempstead Civic Association(WHCA) Executive Board and West Hempstead residents descended on Town Hall to deliver over 1400 letters and petitions, gathered in just 3 months, calling for the closing of the Courtesy Hotel and supporting the sale of the property to Trammell Crow Residential. See more...

New York State DEC Issues "Fact Sheet" on Water Contamination Findings ~Febuary 2006~

New York State DEC Issues "Fact Sheet" on Water Contamination Findings

The New York State Department of Environmental has sent the WHCA a "fact sheet" which provide the residents of West Hempstead, NY with the initial findings and status associated with the detection of the gasoline fuel oxygenate Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in West Hempstead Water District distribution system. You can download the entire "Fact Sheet" by clicking on the link below.

West Hemsptead Water Fact Sheet Feb. 2006