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[T] People v. Ventura5/6/2004
d autos and inquiries indicated that it contained some fourteen occupants of its own, many more than space is available for.
Neither of these boarding homes have permits to operate in the Village of Hempstead. Both violate space, health and safety requirements of the Village. Complaints were made by Department of Social Services clients placed in the boarding homes to the Village Building Department which, upon discovering the terrible conditions at 129 Marvin Avenue, notified the Department of Social Services, the manager of the property, and the absentee owner of the illegal boarding home. Yet, only after the District Attorney's Office inspected the site was the building shut down. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that the building will not be just as quickly reopened.
The remaining building, 75 Marvin Avenue, continues to operate in violation of the Village Code. Inquiries by the Village to the Department of Social Services have not stopped placement of Department of Social Services clients in this illegal housing. The manager of 75 Marvin continues to refuse inspection of her building by Village or County officials.
While the Supervisor of the Department of Social Services indicated to our office that the house at 75 Marvin Avenue was inspected by D.S.S. - as all the other boarding homes on their direct referral list were - prior to using the house for emergency housing placements, no follow-up inspections have been made. No action has been taken to insure that sufficient room or safe conditions continue to exist in the emergency housing provided to D.S.S. clients. No program of continual inspection exists. Certainly, no inquiry has ever been made as to whether the housing used by D.S.S. met local, village, town or municipal zoning, health or fire codes.
A third boarding house presenting immediate problems to the health and safety of D.S.S. clients sent there for emergency housing is located at:
85 Plainfield Avenue, Elmont, Town of Hempstead
This building is an old three-level wood-frame building, used as a rooming house. The basement reached from the outside by wooden stairs has been converted into a series of very small, low-ceiling, wooden-walled rooms in a railroad flat layout. It is necessary to stoop to move to the one exit from the basement. No proper fire exits or alarms exist. We interviewed over ten boarders who complained of daily violence and narcotics dealing on the premises.
Broken walls and holes exist throughout the house, many of which were stuffed with rags to prevent free access by the rats which infest the building. This building also appears to be in violation of Town of Hempstead zoning ordinances. A check of Town records revealed no use permit or other authorization for the operation of this business. In fact, the Town had no record of a boarding house ever existing at that location.
46 Henry Street, Roosevelt, Town of Hempstead
This building is also owned by an absentee landlord. The house is a wood-frame two-story house with an unattached garage and a tool shed being used to house tenants.
This building was run down, filthy and filled with people. Investigators observed over nine people living on the first floor, as well as people living in the garage and tool shed. Investigators were denied entry beyond the front areaway.
This building, too, was unlisted and unlicensed as a boarding house or multiple dwelling. Inspection by County officials was refused by the owner. Town of Hempstead Building Inspectors on one attempt to close this premises counted over 24 individuals living there. The owner submitted a sworn statement claiming that th
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